Clathromangelia quadrillum

Clathromangelia quadrillum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Clathromangelia quadrillum
Shells of † Clathromangelia quadrillum (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

This name has often been misapplied to the Recent Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844)

Distribution

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