Mangelia ecuadoriana

Extinct species of gastropod

Mangelia ecuadoriana

Scientific classification
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

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

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## Distribution

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

## References

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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

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* Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangelia ecuadoriana
* Fossilworks : Mangelia ecuadoriana

Taxon identifiers

Mangelia ecuadoriana|

* Wikidata: Q39049789
* GBIF: 4962155
* Paleobiology Database: 92453

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