Brachycythara dasa
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| Brachycythara dasa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Brachycythara |
| Species: | B. dasa |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachycythara dasa J. Gardner, 1937 | |
Brachycythara dasa, an extinct species of sea snail from the Early Miocene Era in Northern Florida, was a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1][2]
The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, with a diameter of 2.2 mm. It is a small, stout, fusiform shell with whorls similar to M. cryptopleura.
Distribution
This extinct marine species can be found in Early Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation of Florida, United States.