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Brachycythara turrita

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Brachycythara turrita
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. turrita
Binomial name
Brachycythara turrita
W.C. Mansfield, 1930

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

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Mansfield, Wendell Clay. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods of the Chotawhatchee Formation of Florida: 1911–1930. No. 2–4. Florida State Geological Survey, 1930.
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