NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

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Cytherura cresera Bold, 1968

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SEM Photograph: (Bold, 1988, pl. 8, fig. 1) Scale is 0.05 mm. Specimen HVH 10609 (NMB Locality 17011) Right valve.

Morphologic Description: An alate species with relatively coarse reticulation and a double dorsal ridge extending backwards from the eye tubercle.

Holotype: HVH 8326 (Locality: H 15212, Río Mao, Dominican Republic, Gurabo Formation. Pliocene).

Distribution:

• Upper Miocene and Pliocene: Dominican Republic and Jamaica.