Cryoturris serta
Cryoturris serta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Cryoturris serta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cryoturris |
Species: | C. serta |
Binomial name | |
Cryoturris serta Fargo, 1953 | |
Synonyms | |
Kurtziella (Cryoturris) serta (Fargo 1953) |
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species has been found in Pliocene strata of Florida, USA, and in Pliocene strata in Mexico.
References
- de Jong & Coomans, Uitgaven van de Stichting "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen", nrd. 121–122, 1988
- Arthur William Baden Powell, The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Auckland Institute and Museum, 1966
- M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero. 2011. Moluscos de la Formación Agueguexquite (Plioceno inferior) de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(3): 379–397
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