Pyrgocythara turrispiralata

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. turrispiralata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
Scarponi & al., 2016

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.3 mm, its diameter 2.9 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of Ukraine; age range: 13.65 to 11.608 Ma

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