''Miraclathurella vittata'' is an extinct
Pliocene 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 Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies. The species was discovered by Wendell Woodring in 1928.
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4.1 mm.
Woodring described the genus
Miraclathurella
''Miraclathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Miraclathurella'' include:
* † '' Miraclathurella amica'' (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917)
* '' Miraclathu ...
and identified two species. ''M. vittata'' was differentiated from ''M. entemna'' by a "protoconch of about three whorls, about the last half whorl bearing an anterior keel, behind which lie axial riblets.”
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found in
Miocene strata in 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; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.
References
*
* B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. E''arly Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy''. Palaeontos 19:1-221
External links
Fossilworks: ''Miraclathurella vittata''
vittata
Gastropods described in 1928
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