Cythara caimitica
Appearance
Cythara caimitica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cythara |
Species: | C. caimitica
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Binomial name | |
Cythara caimitica C.J. Maury, 1917
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Cythara caimitica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma
References
[edit]- C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30): 1–43