Tenaturris guppyi

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

Tenaturris guppyi
Shell of † Tenaturris guppyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Tenaturris
Species:
T. guppyi
Binomial name
Tenaturris guppyi
(W.H. Dall 1896 )
Synonyms

Cythara guppyi W.H. Dall, 1896

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, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

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