Cryoturris dianema

Cryoturris dianema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species: C. dianema
Binomial name
Cryoturris dianema
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms[1]

Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dianema Woodring 1928

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

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

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