Bactrocythara obtusa
| Bactrocythara obtusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocythara |
| Species: | B. obtusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocythara obtusa (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896
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| Synonyms | |
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† Cythara obtusa R.J.L. Guppy, 1896 | |
Bactrocythara obtusa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of its shell reached 5.4 mm and its diameter 1.9 mm.
Distribution
This extinct species was found in the Pliocene strata of Jamaica. It existed from 3.6 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.
- 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
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.