Heterocithara granolirata
| Heterocithara granolirata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Heterocithara |
| Species: | H. granolirata
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterocithara granolirata (AWB Powell, 1944)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Etrema granolirata Powell, 1944 (original combination) | |
Heterocithara granolirata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and was found in Middle Miocene strata at Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria
References[]
- ^ a b 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Heterocithara
- Gastropods described in 1944
- Gastropods of Australia
- Extinct gastropods