Oenopota kagana

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

Oenopota kagana
Scientific 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

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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

References

• Yokoyama, Tertiary fossils from various localities in Japan; Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special papers # 5, 1959

External links

• Takeo Ichikawa, Catalogue of type and illustrated specimens in the department of historical geology and palaeontology of the University Museum~ University of Tokyo