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

Mangelia gardnerae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. gardnerae
Binomial name
Mangelia gardnerae
W.C. Mansfield, 1930

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Florida, USA[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mansfield, Wendell Clay. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods of the Chotawhatchee Formation of Florida: 1911-1930. No. 2-4. Florida State Geological Survey, 1930.
  2. ^ "Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life | Mangelia gardnerae". neogeneatlas.net. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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