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Makiyamaia

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Makiyamaia
A shell of Makiyamaia coreanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Makiyamaia
Kuroda, 1961
Type species
Pleurotoma coreanica
Adams & Reeve, 1850

Makiyamaia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Distribution

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This marine species is known as fossils from the Miocene to the Recent of Japan, the Pliocene of Okinawa. In Recent times it is found in the South China Sea, Korea and the Philippines and off South Africa.

Species

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Species within the genus Makiyamaia include:

References

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  1. ^ Makiyamaia Kuroda, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  4. ^ Makiyamaia cornulabrum Kuroda, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  5. ^ Fossilworks: Makiyamaia decorata
  6. ^ Makiyamaia mammillata Kuroda, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  7. ^ Makiyamaia sibogae Shuto, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  • F. S. MacNeil. 1961. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339:1-148, p. 106 [Dated 1960, distributed 17 March 1961]. MacNeil described Makiyamaia but attributed the name to Tokubei Kuroda.