Heterocithara granolirata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Heterocithara granolirata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Heterocithara |
Species: | H. granolirata
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Binomial name | |
Heterocithara granolirata (AWB Powell, 1944)
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Synonyms[1] | |
† Etrema granolirata Powell, 1944 (original combination) |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and was found in Middle Miocene strata at Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara granolirata (Powell, 1944). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434003 on 2017-07-18