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

Oenopota kagana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 edit

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution edit

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

References edit

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

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