Brachycythara gibba, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Brachycythara gibba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Brachycythara |
| Species: | B. gibba
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachycythara gibba (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cythara gibba Guppy 1896 | |
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species can be found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica and Miocene strata of the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 2.588 Ma
References edit
- Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Vol. 19. No. 1110. US Government Printing Office, 1896.
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