Bactrocythara ascara

Bactrocythara ascara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bactrocythara
Species:	B. ascara
Binomial name
	Bactrocythara ascara; (W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900)
Synonyms
	† Mangilia ascaraW.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900

Last updated October 20, 2025

Bactrocythara ascara is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct species was found in Miocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 7.246 to 2.588 Ma

References

↑ Fossilworks: Bactrocythara ascara

Woodring, W.P. (1928). "Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385 (VII): 158. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

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[1] Fossilworks: Bactrocythara ascara

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