Mangelia compsacosta

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

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

Ithycythara compsacostaJ. Gardner, 1937

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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