Mangelia vacavillensis is a minute extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Mangelia vacavillensis | |
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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. vacavillensis
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia vacavillensis Bryant and Palmer 1923
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Synonyms | |
† Mangilia vacavillensis Bryant and Palmer 1923 (original combination) |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4.7 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Middle Eocene strata in California.
References
edit- ^ D. Bryant and K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318