Bactrocythara obtusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bactrocythara
Species:
B. obtusa
Binomial name
Bactrocythara obtusa
(R.J.L. Guppy, 1896
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]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.4 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.

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Distribution

This extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

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