''Mangelia dubia'' is an extinct species of

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, a marine

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in the

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Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...

. This is not ''Mangelia dubia'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) (synonym of '' Tenaturris dubia'' (C. B. Adams, 1845)) (preoccupied by ''Pleurotoma dubia'' Cristofori & Jan, 1832)

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in

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, UK.

References

External links

C.O. van Regteren Altena; A. Bloklander & L.P. Pouderoyen, De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse stranden en zeegaten, 5; Basteria, vol 25 (1961) nr. 1 p. 3-6
dubia Gastropods described in 1919 {{Mangeliidae-stub