Biology:Mangelia asteria
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. asteria
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia asteria J. Gardner, 1947
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Mangelia asteria is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in the Alum Bluff Group, Florida, United States , west of the Apalachicola River.[2]
This Species lived during the Miocene Epoch.[3]
References
- ↑ Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida: Professional Paper 142 (1947)
- ↑ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=FLMIab;0.
- ↑ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=FLMIab;0.
Wikidata ☰ Q39048887 entry
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