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Brachycythara dasa

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Brachycythara dasa
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. dasa
Binomial name
Brachycythara dasa
J. Gardner, 1937

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, USA.

References

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Further reading

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  • Julia Anna Gardner (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 338.
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