Miraclathurella amica explained

Miraclathurella amica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell is 16.3 mm, its dialmeter 5.25 mm.

(Original description) This extinct species resembles Miraclathurella gracilis but it is less slender and the whorls are shorter and revolve less obliquely. It has the same number of axial ribs and spiral threads but, as they are relatively larger, they are much more crowded than in M. gracilis. The fine spiral lines between the prominent raised threads are very minute. The lip varix is noticeably larger and the aperture is wider. The callous nodule on the body next to the sinus is much larger than in M. gracilis.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Santo Domingo.

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.
• B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

External links

• Fossilworks: Miraclathurella amica

Notes and References

1. http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5346000693.htm Worldwide Moolusc Species Data Base: Miraclathurella amica
2. http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/sources/Pilsbry,%20H.%20A.,%20and%20Johnson%201917%20Proc.%20Ac.%20Nat.%20Sc.%20Philad.,%2069.pdf Pilsbry & Johnson (1917), New Mollusca from the Santo Domingan Oligocene, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1917