Mangelia perpulchra

Mangelia perpulchra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. perpulchra
Binomial name
Mangelia perpulchra (S.V. Wood, 1848)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the Middle Miocene strata of Hungary and Serbia.

References

1. Meri Ganić, Predrag Radović, Ljupko Rundić, Katarina Bradić and Slobodan Knežević' Traces of drilling predation in the Upper Badenian (Middle Miocene) molluscs from the Rakovica stream (Belgrade); Geologia Croatica, 2016 | 69/2 | 205–212 | 2 Figs. | 5 Tabs

• Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptipns of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. 1. Johnson, 1848

External links

• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangelia gardnerae