Bactrocythara cryera
| Bactrocythara cryera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocythara |
| Species: | B. cryera
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| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocythara cryera (Dall, 1927)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bactrocythara cryera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.1 mm.
(Original description) The shell closely resembles Kurtzina crossata (Dall, 1927) but is thinner, more glassy, and averages smaller. It lacks any crowning at the suture and features a faint, pervasive spiral striation. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, mainly from Georgia to Florida, United States at depths between 538 m and 805 m
References
- ^ a b 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.