Oenopota gervillii

Oenopota gervillii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Oenopota gervillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. gervillii
Binomial name
Oenopota gervillii
G.P. Deshayes, 1862

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Ukraine.

References


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