Cythara polygona

Cythara polygona is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Cythara polygona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cythara
Species:	C. polygona
Binomial name
Cythara polygona W.M. Gabb 1873

This species is considered a nomen dubium.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene and Pliocene strata in the Dominican Republic; age range: 7.246 to 3.6 Ma

References

• C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30): 1–43

External links

• Gabb, William M. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers, 1873
• Fossilworks: Cythara polygona