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Mangelia hontensis

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Mangelia hontensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. hontensis
Binomial name
Mangelia hontensis
M. Csepreghy, 1953

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Csepreghy-Meznerics, I. "Mittelmiozäne Pleurotomen aus Ungarn." Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hungarici (Budapest) 4 (1953): 5-22.
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