''Mangelia miostriolata'' 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.
[Nordsieck, F., 1972. Die miozane Molluskenfauna von Miste-Winterswijk NL (Hemmoor). Stuttgart (Fischer Verlag), 187 pp., 33 pis.]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in
Miocene strata of the
Netherlands
References
* Janssen, A.W., 1984. ''Mollusken uit het Mioceen van Winterswijk-Miste. Een inventarisatie, met beschrijvingen en afbeeldingen van alle aangetroffen soorten''. Amsterdam (K.N.N.V., N.G.V. &R.G.M.), 451 pp., 7 figs, 4 tabs, atlas with 82 pis
* A.C. Janse & A.W. Janssen, ''The mollusc fauna of the Stemerdink Bed (Miocene, Reinbekian) from outcrops in the Slinge brook at Winterswijk-Brinkheurne (The Netherlands, province of Gelderland)''; Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie, vol 20 (1983) nr. 3 p. 105-140
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : ''Mangelia miostriolata''
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miostriolata
Gastropods described in 1972