Mangelia sparsa

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

Mangelia sparsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. sparsa
Binomial name
Mangelia sparsa
(O. Böttger, 1901)
Synonyms
  • † Mangilia sparsa O. Böttger, 1901

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in Hungary.

References
  1. Boettger, Oskar. Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der mittelmiocänen Schichten von Kostej im Krassó-Szörényer Komitat; Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt; 51, 1-199; 1901
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