Tenaturris guppyi

Tenaturris guppyi
Shell of † Tenaturris guppyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Tenaturris
Species: T. guppyi
Binomial name
Tenaturris guppyi
(W.H. Dall 1896 )
Synonyms

Cythara guppyi W.H. Dall, 1896

Tenaturris guppyi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 2.8 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species can be found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma

References


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