Saccharoturris centrodes

Saccharoturris centrodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Saccharoturris
Species:
S. centrodes
Binomial name
Saccharoturris centrodes
J. Gardner, 1947

Saccharoturris centrodes is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata off the Chipola River, Calhoun County, Florida, USA.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). Saccharoturris monocingulata (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420360 on 24 January 2018
  2. ^ J. Gardner (1947), The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff group of Florida; United States Department of the Interior; Geological Survey, Professional paper 142