Heterocithara granolirata
Heterocithara granolirata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Heterocithara granolirata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Heterocithara |
| Species: | H. granolirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterocithara granolirata (AWB Powell, 1944) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Etrema granolirata Powell, 1944 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and was found in Middle Miocene strata at Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria
References
- WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara granolirata (Powell, 1944). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434003 on 2017-07-18
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3.1 (1944): 3–68.
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