Mangelia semicostulata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of †Mangelia semicostulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. semicostulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia semicostulata (Deshayes, 1865)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Mangilia costulata Deshayes, 1865 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata of Normandy, France.
References
edit- Cossmann (M.), 1889 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 24, pp. 3–385
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46–65
- Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132