Clathromangelia quadrillum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shells of † Clathromangelia quadrillum (museum specimens at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Clathromangelia |
| Species: | C. quadrillum
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| Binomial name | |
| Clathromangelia quadrillum (Dujardin, 1837)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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This name has often been misapplied to the Recent Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844)
Description edit
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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
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
External links edit
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