Cryoturris dianema

Cryoturris dianema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cryoturris
Species:	C. dianema
Binomial name
Cryoturris dianema Woodring, 1928
Synonyms [1]
† Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dianemaWoodring 1928

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in Pliocene strata of the Bowden Formation, Jamaica; age range: 3.6 to 2.588 Ma. It was also found on the nordeastern continental platform of Brazil. ^[2]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Cryoturris dianema Woodring, 1928. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532691 on 12 April 2017
2. da Silva, Gutembergue Francisco, and José Carlos Nascimento de Barros. "SISTEMÁTICA DOS TURRIDAE SWAINSON, 1840 (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) COLIGIDOS DA PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL DO NORDESTE DO BRASIL."

• 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

External links

• Fossilworks: Kurtziella (Cryoturris) dianema