Brachycythara dasa, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Brachycythara dasa | |
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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. dasa
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachycythara dasa J. Gardner, 1937
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, USA.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Julia Anna Gardner (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 338.
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