Clathromangelia quadrillum

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Clathromangelia quadrillum
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Shells of † Clathromangelia quadrillum (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Clathromangelia
Species:
C. quadrillum
Binomial name
Clathromangelia quadrillum
(Dujardin, 1837)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Mangilia quadrillum Dujardin, 1837
  • † Pleurotoma quadrillum Dujardin, 1837

Clathromangelia quadrillum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

This name has often been misapplied to the Recent Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844)

Description[]

Distribution[]

This extinct species was distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, dating from the Miocene. It was also found in strata from the Late Pliocene in Malaga (Spain).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Clathromangelia quadrillum. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ Vera-Pelaez, Martinelli, Lozano-Francisco: Turridae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) of the Lower Pliocene from Malaga; Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología v.16-17 (1998-1999)
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179

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