Mangelia pyrgota

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

Mangelia pyrgota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. pyrgota
Binomial name
Mangelia pyrgota
J. Gardner, 1937

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.9 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 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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