''Glyphoturris lampra'' 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 ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

in the family Mangeliidae.Fossilworks: Glyphoturris lampra
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Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in Pliocene strata of the

Bowden Formation The Bowden Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigrap ...

, Jamaica.

References

* 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

lampra Lampra may refer to: * '' Lampra'' - synonym of moth genus '' Noctua'' * ''Lampra'' Lacordaire in Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 - a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae - see '' Lamprodila'' * ''Lampra'' {Lindl. ex DC. – see ''Trachymene ...

Gastropods described in 1928 {{Mangeliidae-stub