Brachycythara dasa
| Brachycythara dasa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Brachycythara |
| Species: | B. dasa
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachycythara dasa J. Gardner, 1937
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Brachycythara dasa, an extinct species of sea snail from the Early Miocene Era in Northern Florida, was a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, with a diameter of 2.2 mm. It is a small, stout, fusiform shell with whorls similar to M. cryptopleura.
Distribution
This extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, United States.
References
- ^ "Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life | Brachycythara dasa". neogeneatlas.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "MolluscaBase - Brachycythara dasa J. A. Gardner, 1938 †". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
Further reading
- Julia Anna Gardner (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 338.
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