Mangelia asteria

Mangelia asteria is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Mangelia asteria
Scientific classification
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

Description

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Alum Bluff Group, Florida, USA

References

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