Heterocithara granolirata

Heterocithara granolirata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Heterocithara granolirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Heterocithara
Species:	H. granolirata
Binomial name
Heterocithara granolirata (AWB Powell, 1944)
Synonyms[1]
† Etrema granolirata Powell, 1944 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to Australia and was found in Middle Miocene strata at Balcombe Bay, Mornington, Victoria