Bactrocythara obtusa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Bactrocythara obtusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocythara |
| Species: | B. obtusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocythara obtusa (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896
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| Synonyms | |
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† Cythara obtusa R.J.L. Guppy, 1896 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5.4 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct species was found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma
References
edit- Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Vol. 19. No. 1110. US Government Printing Office, 1896.
- 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
- A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.