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

Cryoturris dianema
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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) dianema Woodring 1928

Description

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

Distribution

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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

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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