Mangelia coplicata
Mangelia coplicata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia coplicata | |
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| Shell of † Mangelia coplicata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. coplicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia coplicata A. Pezant, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.
References
- Pezant A. 1905. Des doubles emplois en nomenclature. La Feuille des jeunes Naturalistes 414: 88-89.
- Cossmann M. 1907. Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l’Éocène des environs de Paris. Appendice n° 4. Annales de la Société royale zoologique et malacologique de Belgique 41: 182-286.
External links
- PaCaud, Jean-Michel. "Nouveautés nomenclaturales et taxinomiques introduites par Alcide d’Orbigny dans le Prodrome (1850, 1852) pour les espèces du Paléocène et de l’Éocène." Geodiversitas 29.1 (2007): 17-85.
- Fossilshells : Mangelia coplicata
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