Daphnella pagera

Daphnella pagera is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Daphnella pagera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Daphnella
Species:
D. pagera
Binomial name
Daphnella pagera
Woodring, 1970

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.3 mm, its diameter 4.7 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma.

References

  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452


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