Mangelia isabellae

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

Mangelia isabellae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. isabellae
Binomial name
Mangelia isabellae
C.J. Maury, 1910

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of the Alum Bluff Formation, Florida, USA

References

  1. Maury, Carlotta Joaquina. New Oligocene shells from Florida. Cornell univ. Harris Company, 1910..


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