Mangelia paessleri

Mangelia paessleri
Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia paessleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Mangelia
Species: M. paessleri
Binomial name
Mangelia paessleri
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela paessleri Strebel, 1905
  • Mangelia (Bela) paessleri H. Strebel, 1905

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego.

It is also found as a fossil in Quaternary strata in Chile; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mangelia paessleri (Strebel, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533020 on 2017-09-14
  2. Fossilworks : Bela paesleri


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