Acmaturris brisis
Acmaturris brisis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Acmaturris brisis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Acmaturris |
| Species: | A. brisis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acmaturris brisis Woodring, 1928 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Brazil. Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica, age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma.[2]
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acmaturris brisis Woodring, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532337 on 2017-02-25
- Fossilworks: Acmaturris brisis
- W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
- Benkendorfer, Gabriela, and Abílio Soares-Gomes. "Biogeography and biodiversity of gastropod molluscs from the eastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope." Latin american journal of aquatic research 37.2 (2009): 143–159.
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