Mangelia phrixae
Appearance
Mangelia phrixae | |
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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. phrixae
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia phrixae J. Gardner, 1937
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Mangelia phrixae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm (0.27 in), its diameter 2.8 mm (0.11 in).
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in the Alum Bluff Group, Florida, United States.
References
[edit]- ^ Gardner, J.A. (1926). The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 325. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
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