Brachycythara reidenbachi

Brachycythara reidenbachi, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Brachycythara reidenbachi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Brachycythara
Species:
B. reidenbachi
Binomial name
Brachycythara reidenbachi
Ward & B.W. Blackwelder, 1987

Distribution

This extinct marine species can be found in Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene strata in the James City and Chowan River Formations of North Carolina, USA; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma

References

  1. L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113–283


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