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Extinct species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dentimargo altispira is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Dentimargo altispira | |
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| Shell of Dentimargo altispira (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Dentimargo |
| Species: | †D. altispira |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dentimargo altispira (May, 1922) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Marginella altispira May, 1922 † · | |
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The broadly fusiform shell has a tall, blunt-topped spire. It contains four, moderately rounded whorls. The spire and the aperture are of about equal length. The aperture is small. The columella is concave, bearing four strong teeth, which extend about two-thirds up the columella, and extend well out on to the base of the shell. The outer lip is very massively thickened, much rounded, with a strong tubercle within, placed near the upper third.[2]
This extinct marine species is endemic to Tasmania and were found in Tertiary strata.
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