Biology:Bactrocythara ascara
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Bactrocythara ascara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Bactrocythara |
Species: | B. ascara
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Binomial name | |
Bactrocythara ascara (W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900)
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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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrocythara ascara.
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