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Ilanga navakaensis

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Ilanga navakaensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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

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  1. ^ 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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