Brachycythara dasa

Brachycythara dasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Brachycythara
Species:	B. dasa
Binomial name
Brachycythara dasa J. Gardner, 1937

Brachycythara dasa, an extinct species of sea snail from the Early Miocene Era in Northern Florida, was a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, with a diameter of 2.2 mm. It is a small, stout, fusiform shell with whorls similar to M. cryptopleura.

Distribution

This extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, United States.

References

1. "Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life | Brachycythara dasa". neogeneatlas.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
2. "MolluscaBase - Brachycythara dasa J. A. Gardner, 1938 †". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

Further reading

• Julia Anna Gardner (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 338.

External links

• Worldwide Mollusk Species Data Base: Brachycythara dasa