Bactrocythara ascara
| Bactrocythara ascara | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocythara |
| Species: | B. ascara |
| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocythara ascara (W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900) | |
| Synonyms | |
| † Mangilia ascara W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900 | |
Bactrocythara ascara is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
This extinct species was found in Miocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 7.246 to 2.588 Ma
References
- Woodring, W.P. (1928). "Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385 (VII): 158. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.