Cryoturris dianema explained

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

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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

Notes and 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. http://www.eventosufrpe.com.br/jepeX2009/cd/resumos/R0329-1.pdf 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."