Thelecythara mucronata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Thelecythara |
Species: | T. mucronata
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Binomial name | |
Thelecythara mucronata (Guppy, 1896)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cythara mucronata Guppy, 1896 |
Thelecythara mucronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
The length of the shell attains 8.6 mm.
T. mucronata can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Brazil.[2] Fossils were found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica, age range : 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.[3]