Biology:Pyrgocythara turrispiralata

Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. turrispiralata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarponi & al., 2016

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.3 mm, its diameter 2.9 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of Ukraine ; age range: 13.65 to 11.608 Ma

References

• D. Scarpioni, G. Dellabella, B. Dell’Angelo, J.W. Huntley, and M. Sosso. 2016. Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeo-climatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):327–344

External links

• Fossilsworks : † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Woodring 1928

Wikidata ☰ Q48967247 entry