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Euryentmema cigclis

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Euryentmema cigclis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Euryentmema
Species:
E. cigclis
Binomial name
Euryentmema cigclis
W.P. Woodring, 1928

Euryentmema cigclis is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9.3 mm, its diameter 3.9 mm.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata in the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.

References

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  1. ^ 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
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