Pyrgocythara turrispiralata

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

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

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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