Makiyamaia decorata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
| Makiyamaia decorata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Makiyamaia |
| Species: | M. decorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Makiyamaia decorata Oleinik 1991
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this species were found in Eocene deposits in the Lower Snatolskaya Formation, Russia (age range 48.6 to 37.2 Ma).
References edit
- A. E. Oleinik and L. Marincovich. 2003. Biotic response to the Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Gastropod assemblages in the High-Latitude North Pacific. From Greenhouse to Icehouse. The Marine Eocene-Oligocene transition. 36–56
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