Brachycythara turrita
Brachycythara turrita, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Brachycythara turrita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Brachycythara |
Species: | B. turrita |
Binomial name | |
Brachycythara turrita W.C. Mansfield, 1930 | |
Distribution
This extinct marine species can be found in Miocene strata of the Chotawhatchee Formation of Florida, USA.
References
- Mansfield, Wendell Clay. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods of the Chotawhatchee Formation of Florida: 1911–1930. No. 2–4. Florida State Geological Survey, 1930.
External links
- Worldwide Mollusk Species Data Base: Brachycythara turrita
- Florida Museum: Image of Brachycythara turrita
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