Bactrocythara cryera

Bactrocythara cryera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Bactrocythara cryera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bactrocythara
Species:	B. cryera
Binomial name
Bactrocythara cryera (Dall, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
Mangilia cryera Dall, 1927 Mangelia cryera (Dall, 1927)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Georgia to Florida, USA at depths between 538 m and 805 m

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bactrocythara cryera (Dall, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532427 on 2017-03-11

• Dall W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886; Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1–134

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.