Mangelia ecuadoriana
Mangelia ecuadoriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Mangelia |
Species: | M. ecuadoriana
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia ecuadoriana H.A. Pilsbry & A.A. Olsson, 1941
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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.
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene-Pleistocene strata of Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma
References[]
- ^ 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[]
Categories:
- Mangelia
- Gastropods described in 1941
- Mangeliidae stubs