Mangelia micropleura

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

Mangelia micropleura
Original image of a shell of Mangelia micropleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. micropleura
Binomial name
Mangelia micropleura
R.J.L. Guppy, 1867

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Trinidad.

References

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