Biology:Mangelia hesperia
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Mangelia hesperia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Mangelia |
Species: | M. hesperia
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia hesperia H.A. Pilsbry & A.A. Olsson, 1941
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Mangelia hesperia is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of the Canoa Formation in Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma
References
- H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Wikidata ☰ Q39050392 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangelia hesperia.
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