Mangelia hesperia Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Mangelia according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Mangelia (Cacodaphnella), Mangelia (Notocytharella), Mangelia andersoni, Mangelia angulicosta, Mangelia boschi, Mangelia branneri, Mangelia costata, Mangelia costellaria, Mangelia ecuadoriana, Mangelia guerichi, Mangelia hancocki, Mangelia heptapleura, Mangelia hooveri, Mangelia larga, Mangelia luellingensis, Mangelia miorugulosa, Mangelia nebula, Mangelia odovychenae, Mangelia painei, Mangelia pseudorugulosa, Mangilia (Clathromangilia), Mangilia elegantissima, Mangilia fibrata, Mangilia interfossa, Mangilia lalonis, Mangilia maoica, Mangilia micropleura, Mangilia muricidea, Mangilia oldroydi, Mangilia vacavillensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation

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