Extinct species of gastropod
Brachycythara gibba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Brachycythara |
Species: | B. gibba |
Binomial name | |
Brachycythara gibba (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896) | |
Synonyms | |
Cythara gibba Guppy 1896 |
Brachycythara gibba, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
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Distribution
This extinct marine species can be found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica and Miocene strata of the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma
References
- Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Vol. 19. No. 1110. US Government Printing Office, 1896.
External links
Taxon identifiers | |
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Brachycythara gibba |
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