Mangelia asteria is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Mangelia asteria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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.