Glyphoturris lampra

Glyphoturris lampra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Glyphoturris lampra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Glyphoturris
Species:
G. lampra
Binomial name
Glyphoturris lampra
(Dall, 1889)

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica.

References

  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies


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