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Brachycythara gibba

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Brachycythara gibba
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. gibba
Binomial name
Brachycythara gibba
(R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
Synonyms

Cythara gibba Guppy 1896

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

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species can be found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica and Miocene strata of the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma

References

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  • Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Vol. 19. No. 1110. US Government Printing Office, 1896.
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