Mangelia costellaria

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

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

Pleurotoma costellaria P. Nyst, 1836

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Oligocene strata in Belgium; age range : 33.9 to 28.4 Ma

References

  • Fossilworks : Mangelia costellaria
  • R. Marquet, J. Lenaerts, C. Karnekamp and R. Smith. 2008. The molluscan fauna of the Borgloon Formation in Belgium (Rupelian, Early Oligocene). Palaeontos 12:1-99


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