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Brachycythara reidenbachi

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Brachycythara reidenbachi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Brachycythara
Species:
B. reidenbachi
Binomial name
Brachycythara reidenbachi
Ward & B.W. Blackwelder, 1987

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

Distribution

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This extinct marine species can be found in Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene strata in the James City and Chowan River Formations of North Carolina, USA; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma

References

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  1. ^ L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113–283
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