Mangelia chariessa

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

Mangelia chariessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. chariessa
Binomial name
Mangelia chariessa
(J. Gardner, 1947)
Synonyms

Cythara chariessaJ. Gardner, 1937

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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

References
  1. Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Professional paper 142 (1947)
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