Mangelia asteria
| Mangelia asteria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida: Professional Paper 142 (1947)
- ↑ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.