Mangelia acuticostata

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

Mangelia acuticostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. acuticostata
Binomial name
Mangelia acuticostata
P. Nyst, 1836

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Ukraine.

References


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