''Mangelia micropleura'' is a minute extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangelia micropleura
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Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Trinidad.

References

R.J.L. Guppy, West Indian Tertiary Fossils, Geological Magazine, 1874. p. 439
{{Taxonbar, from=Q48997188 micropleura Gastropods described in 1867