Cythara caimitica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Cythara caimitica | |
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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: | Cythara |
| Species: | C. caimitica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cythara caimitica C.J. Maury, 1917
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This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in the Dominican Republic; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma
References
edit- C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30): 1–43