Daphnella pagera

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Daphnella pagera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. pagera
Binomial name
Daphnella pagera
Woodring, 1970

Daphnella pagera is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 12.3 mm, its diameter 4.7 mm.

Distribution[edit]

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.

References[edit]

  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452