Clathromangelia quadrillum

Clathromangelia quadrillum
	Shells of † Clathromangelia quadrillum (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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
	† 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[edit]

Distribution[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b Clathromangelia quadrillum. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
^ 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

External links[edit]

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308

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[WoRMS-1] 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)

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