Mangelia semicostulata

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

Mangelia semicostulata
Shell of †Mangelia semicostulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. semicostulata
Binomial name
Mangelia semicostulata
(Deshayes, 1865)
Synonyms

† Mangilia costulata Deshayes, 1865

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata of Normandy, France.

References
  1. Wordlwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangelia semicostulata
  • Cossmann (M.), 1889 Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (4ème fascicule). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 24, pp. 3–385
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46–65
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pp. 65–132
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