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Clathromangelia quadrillum

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Clathromangelia quadrillum
Shells of † Clathromangelia quadrillum (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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Distribution

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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

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
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