Pyrgocythara eminula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pyrgocythara eminula | |
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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: | Pyrgocythara |
| Species: | P. eminula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgocythara eminula W.P. Woodring, 1928
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Description
editThe shell of Pyrgocythara eminula is relatively small, with a length reaching up to 4.3 mm and a diameter of about 1.8 mm. The shell is likely elongate and turreted, consistent with the characteristics of the family Mangeliidae.
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Pleistocene strata of Jamaica and St. Thomas; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma
References
edit- 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.
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