Mangelia hancocki
Mangelia hancocki is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia hancocki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. hancocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia hancocki L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1939 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Pleistocene strata in the Galapagos Islands and in Quaternary strata of Ecuador; age range: 5.332 to 0.012 Ma
References
- Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. Marine pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos islands. 1939.
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