Ilanga navakaensis explained

Ilanga navakaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

It is only known as a fossil.^[1]

Distribution

Ilanga navakaensis is known only from the Pleistocene of Vanuatu, but Bruce Marshall (1993) recorded Recent material from New Caledonia as Kaiparathina cf. navakaensis

References

• Ladd, H. S. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eulimidae and Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:iv + 1-100, 41 pls
• Marshall B.A. (1993) A review of the genus Kaiparathina Laws, 1941 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger 36: 185-198

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Vilvens C. & Williams S.T. (2020). New species of Ilanga (Gastropoda: Trochoidea: Solariellidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa. 4732(2): 201-257

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ilanga navakaensis (Ladd, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1419685 on 2021-04-10