Pyrgocythara turrispiralata

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.

Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. turrispiralata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarponi & al., 2016

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.3 mm, its diameter 2.9 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of Ukraine; age range: 13.65 to 11.608 Ma

References

• D. Scarpioni, G. Dellabella, B. Dell’Angelo, J.W. Huntley, and M. Sosso. 2016. Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeo-climatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):327–344

External links

• Fossilsworks : † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Woodring 1928