''Tenaturris guppyi'' 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: † Tenaturris guppyi (Dall 1896)
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Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 2.8 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species can be 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; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

References

Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. ''Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region''. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 19. 1896
guppyi Gastropods described in 1896 {{Mangeliidae-stub