''Brachycythara gibba'', is an extinct species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Mangeliidae.
Fossilworks: Brachycythara gibba
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Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species can be found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica and Miocene strata of the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma
References
* Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. ''Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region.'' Vol. 19. No. 1110. US Government Printing Office, 1896.
External links
Worldwide Mollusk Species Data Base: ''Brachycythara gibba''
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