Biology:Mangelia ecuadoriana

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Mangelia ecuadoriana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. ecuadoriana
Binomial name
Mangelia ecuadoriana
H.A. Pilsbry & A.A. Olsson, 1941

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene-Pleistocene strata of Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma

References

  1. Pilsbry, Henry A., and Axel A. Olsson. "A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93 (1941): 1-79.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q39049789 entry