Mangelia hontensis

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

Mangelia hontensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. hontensis
Binomial name
Mangelia hontensis
M. Csepreghy, 1953

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Hungary.

References
  1. Csepreghy-Meznerics, I. "Mittelmiozäne Pleurotomen aus Ungarn." Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hungarici (Budapest) 4 (1953): 5-22.
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