Brachycythara dasa

Brachycythara dasa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Brachycythara
Species:
B. dasa
Binomial name
Brachycythara dasa
J. Gardner, 1937

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, United States.

References

  1. ^ Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life in Southeastern United States: Brachycythara dasa Archived 7 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

Further reading

  • Julia Anna Gardner (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 338.


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