Biology:Bactrocythara ascara

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Bactrocythara ascara
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bactrocythara
Species:
B. ascara
Binomial name
Bactrocythara ascara
(W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900)
Synonyms

Mangilia ascara W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900

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

Description

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Miocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 7.246 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
  • 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

Wikidata ☰ Q30594261 entry