Saccharoturris consentanea is an extinct species of sea snail and was a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Saccharoturris consentanea | |
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| Original image of a shell of Saccharoturris consentanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Saccharoturris |
| Species: | S. consentanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Saccharoturris consentanea (R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Mangilia consentanea R.J.L. Guppy, 1896 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm and a diameter of 2.7 mm.
The fusiform-turreted shell contains about 8 whorls. These are sharply angulate, spirally lirate, the strongest thread forming the angle of the whorls and rising like the other threads into knobs upon the longitudinally elongate or variciform tubercles. The surface of the whorl above the keel is minutely lirate by fine spiral threads. The aperture is elongate, terminating in a moderate siphonal canal.[2]
Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of Jamaica.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Fossilworks: † Saccharoturris consentanea Guppy 1896
- ^ Guppy, Robert John Lechmere. Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol. 19. 1896
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