Ilanga navakaensis

Ilanga navakaensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Ilanga
Species:	I. navakaensis
Binomial name
	Ilanga navakaensis; (Ladd, 1982)
Synonyms
	† Kaiparathina navakaensis (Ladd, 1982); † Microgaza (Microgaza) navakaensis Ladd, 1982 (basionym); Microgaza navakaensis Ladd, 1982 (original combination);

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 edit

Ilanga navakaensis is known only from the Pleistocene of Vanuatu, but Bruce Marshall (1993) recorded Recent material from New Caledonia as Kaiparathina cf. navakaensis ^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b 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

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

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[WoRMS-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

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