Mangelia asteria

Mangelia asteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. asteria
Binomial name
Mangelia asteria
J. Gardner, 1947

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, USA, west of the Apalachicola River.[2]

This Species lived during the Miocene Epoch.[3]

References

  1. ^ Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida: Professional Paper 142 (1947)
  2. ^ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. ^ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.


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