Mangelia lissa
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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. lissa
Binomial name
Mangelia lissa
(J. Gardner, 1947)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.1 mm, its diameter 3mm.

Distribution

Mangulis lissa was found in the Alum Bluff Group, Florida, USA. This means it's from the Miocene Epoch, between 23 mya and 5 mya.[2][3]

It lived among other Mollusk species there.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Julia Anna Gardner, The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Professional paper 142 (1947)
  2. "Alum Bluff Group (FLMIab;0)". mrdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  3. "International Commission on Stratigraphy". stratigraphy.org. Retrieved 2022-12-04.


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