Oenopota kagana

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

Oenopota kagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. kagana
Binomial name
Oenopota kagana
(Yokoyama, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Bela kagana Yokoyama, 1927
  • Lora kagana (Yokoyama, 1927)

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pleistocene strata from Ishikawa, Japan.

References

  1. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species database - Oenopota kagana". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2 November 2017.


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