Cryoturris dominicensis

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

Cryoturris dominicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. dominicensis
Binomial name
Cryoturris dominicensis
(W.M. Gabb, 1873 )
Synonyms
  • † Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dominicensis (W.M. Gabb, 1873)
  • † Turris (Bela) dominicensis W.M. Gabb, 1873
  • † Turris dominicensis W.M. Gabb, 1873

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species has been found in strata of Cercado Formation of Santo Domingo.

References
  1. Fossilworks: Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dominicensis
  • Gabb, William M. (1873). On the Topography and Geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers. p. 2.
  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D): 299–452
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