Biology:Mangelia stypteria

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Mangelia stypteria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. stypteria
Binomial name
Mangelia stypteria
J. Gardner, 1937

Mangelia stypteria is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in the Alum Bluff Group, Florida, USA

References

  1. Gardner, J.A. (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 325. https://books.google.com/books?id=F3PnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA325. Retrieved 2017-09-19. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q48836363 entry