Mangelia sallespissensis

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

Mangelia sallespissensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. sallespissensis
Binomial name
Mangelia sallespissensis
M.A. Peyrot, 1932

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Miocene strata of Aquitaine, France.

References
  1. M.A. Peyrot, 1931-1932, Conchologie néogénique de VAquitaine, t. VI. (Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, t. LXXXIILXXXIV, 1931-1932)


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