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Cythara polygona
Cythara polygona is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Cythara polygona | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cythara |
| Species: | C. polygona |
| Binomial name | |
| Cythara polygona W.M. Gabb 1873 | |
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Miocene and Pliocene strata in the Dominican Republic; age range: 7.246 to 3.6 Ma
References edit
- ^ Worldwide Mollusk Species Data Base: Cythara polygona
- C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30): 1–43
External links edit
- Gabb, William M. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. M'Calla & Stavely, printers, 1873
- Fossilworks: Cythara polygona