Bactrocythara obtusa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Bactrocythara |
Species: | B. obtusa
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Binomial name | |
Bactrocythara obtusa (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896
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Synonyms | |
† Cythara obtusa R.J.L. Guppy, 1896 |
Bactrocythara obtusa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 5.4 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.
This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma