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Mangelia asteria

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Mangelia asteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida: Professional Paper 142 (1947)
  2. ^ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. ^ "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-17.