Thelecythara mucronata

Thelecythara mucronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Thelecythara
Species: T. mucronata
Binomial name
Thelecythara mucronata
(Guppy, 1896)
Synonyms[1]

Cythara mucronata Guppy, 1896

Thelecythara mucronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.6 mm.

Distribution

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Thelecythara mucronata (Guppy, 1896).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
  3. Fossilworks: Thelecythara mucronata


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