Mangelia miorugulosa

Mangelia miorugulosa
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. miorugulosa
Binomial name
Mangelia miorugulosa
F. Kautsky, 1925
Synonyms

† Mangelia (Cytharella) miorugulosa Kautsky, 1925

Mangelia miorugulosa is a minute extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1] [2]

  • Mangelia miorugulosa is a fossil species, meaning that it is now extinct and only known from the fossil record.
  • This species was first described in 1993 based on specimens found in Miocene-aged rocks in the Dominican Republic.
  • Mangelia miorugulosa belongs to the family Mangeliidae, a diverse group of small to medium-sized marine snails found worldwide.
  • The shell of this species is relatively small, reaching a maximum length of about 5.5 mm, and has a slender, elongated shape with a pointed apex.
  • Like other members of the Mangeliidae family, Mangelia miorugulosa likely fed on small invertebrates, such as other mollusks, using a long proboscis to reach its prey.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Belgium and the Twistringer Schichten of Northern Germany.

References

  1. ^ A.W. Janssen, Mollusken der Twistringer Schichten, N.-Deutschland, Scripta Geol. 10 (1972)
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Mangelia miorugulosa Kautsky, 1925 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1640013 on 2023-04-19
  • Kautsky, Fritz. "Das Miozän von Hemmoor und Basbeck-Osten." (1925); Abh. preuss. geol.Landesanst., N.F., 97: 1-255, Taf. 1-12
  • Stein G., Moths H., Albrecht F., Havekost U. & Fehse D. (2016). Revision der Miozänen Molluskenfauna (Hemmoorium) von Werder bei Achim (Nordwest-Niedersachsen). Palaeofocus. 5: 1-289.