NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

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Ambocythere exilis Bold, 1966

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SEM Photograph: (Bold, 1988, pl. 3, fig. 15) Scale is 0.1 mm. Specimen HVH 10568 (NMB Locality 16039: Río Gurabo, Mao Formation). Right view of carapace. Height: 0.27; width: 0.18; length: 0.51.

Morphologic Description: An elongate species with a faint, irregular pattern of ridges and weak longitudinal costae.

Holotype: HVH 7900 (Locality: H 15422, Río Gurabo, Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic. Pliocene).

Distribution:

• Late Miocene to Pleistocene: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Costa Rica.