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Saccharoturris consentanea

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Saccharoturris consentanea
Original image of a shell of Saccharoturris consentanea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Saccharoturris
Species:
S. consentanea
Binomial name
Saccharoturris consentanea
(R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
Synonyms

Mangilia consentanea R.J.L. Guppy, 1896

Saccharoturris consentanea is an extinct species of sea snail and was a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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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

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This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata of Jamaica.[citation needed]

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