Saccharoturris consentanea

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

Saccharoturris consentanea
Original image of a shell of Saccharoturris consentanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Saccharoturris
Species:
S. consentanea
Binomial name
Saccharoturris consentanea
(R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
Synonyms

† Mangilia consentanea R.J.L. Guppy, 1896

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

(Original description) The fusiform-turreted shell contains about 8 whorls. These are sharply angulate, spirally lirate, the strongest thread forming the angle of the whorls and rising like the other threads into knobs upon the longitudinally elongate or variciform tubercles. The surface of the whorl above the keel is minutely lirate by fine spiral threads. The aperture is elongate, terminating in a moderate siphonal canal [2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of Jamaica.

References
  1. Fossilworks: † Saccharoturris consentanea Guppy 1896
  2. Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 19. 1896 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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