Cryoturris dianema
| Cryoturris dianema | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cryoturris |
| Species: | C. dianema
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryoturris dianema Woodring, 1928
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dianema Woodring 1928 | |
Cryoturris dianema is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species occurs in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma. It was also found on the nordeastern continental platform of Brazil.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Cryoturris dianema Woodring, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532691 on 12 April 2017
- ^ da Silva, Gutembergue Francisco, and José Carlos Nascimento de Barros. "SISTEMÁTICA DOS TURRIDAE SWAINSON, 1840 (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) COLIGIDOS DA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL DO NORDESTE DO BRASIL."
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.