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

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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 ...

.A.W. Janssen, Mollusken der Twistringer Schichten, N.-Deutschland, Scripta Geol. 10 (1972) MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Mangelia miorugulosa Kautsky, 1925 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1640013 on 2023-04-19 * Mangelia miorugulosa is a fossil species, meaning that it is now extinct and only known from the fossil record. * This species was first described in 1993 based on specimens found in Miocene-aged rocks in the Dominican Republic. * Mangelia miorugulosa belongs to the family Mangeliidae, a diverse group of small to medium-sized marine snails found worldwide. * The shell of this species is relatively small, reaching a maximum length of about 5.5 mm, and has a slender, elongated shape with a pointed apex. * Like other members of the Mangeliidae family, Mangelia miorugulosa likely fed on small invertebrates, such as other mollusks, using a long proboscis to reach its prey.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in

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strata of

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and the Twistringer Schichten of Northern Germany.

References

* Kautsky, Fritz. "Das Miozän von Hemmoor und Basbeck-Osten." (1925); Abh. preuss. geol.Landesanst., N.F., 97: 1-255, Taf. 1-12 * Stein G., Moths H., Albrecht F., Havekost U. & Fehse D. (2016). Revision der Miozänen Molluskenfauna (Hemmoorium) von Werder bei Achim (Nordwest-Niedersachsen). Palaeofocus. 5: 1-289.

External links

Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : ''Mangelia miorugulosa''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q48835749 miorugulosa Gastropods described in 1925