Saccharoturris centrodes is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Saccharoturris centrodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Saccharoturris |
Species: | S. centrodes
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Binomial name | |
Saccharoturris centrodes J. Gardner, 1947
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata off the Chipola River, Calhoun County, Florida, USA.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2009). Saccharoturris monocingulata (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420360 on 24 January 2018
- ^ J. Gardner (1947), The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff group of Florida; United States Department of the Interior; Geological Survey, Professional paper 142