Mangelia andersoni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Mangelia andersoni | |
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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. andersoni
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia andersoni Wienrich & Janssen, 2007
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in Germany, age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma
References
edit- G. Wienrich and R. Janssen. 2007. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae. Backhuys Publishers BV Leiden 4:643-954