Mangelia heptapleura explained

Mangelia heptapleura is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of the Canoa Formation in Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 2.588 Ma

References

• H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=92454 Fossilworks: Mangelia heptapleura