Biology:Heterocithara granolirata

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Heterocithara granolirata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Heterocithara
Species:
H. granolirata
Binomial name
Heterocithara granolirata
(AWB Powell, 1944)
Synonyms[1]

Etrema granolirata Powell, 1944 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and was found in Middle Miocene strata at Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara granolirata (Powell, 1944). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434003 on 2017-07-18
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3.1 (1944): 3–68.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10295280 entry