Turricula polycesta

Turricula polycesta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^[1]

Turricula polycesta
Shell of † Turricula polycesta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Turricula
Species:	T. polycesta
Binomial name
Turricula polycesta (Bayan, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
† Pleurotoma polycesta Bayan, 1873 superseded combination Surcula polycesta (Bayan, 1873) † Turricula (Crenaturricula) polycesta (Bayan, 1873) superseded combination

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France