Biology:Acmaturris comparata
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Acmaturris |
| Species: | A. comparata
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| Binomial name | |
| Acmaturris comparata Woodring, 1928
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Acmaturris comparata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.4 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica, age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma
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
Wikidata ☰ Q30592850 entry
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