Mangelia paulae explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in Poland.

References

• Zilch A. 1935. Nachtrag zur Typus-Bestimmung der Fauna des Mittel-Miocäns von Kostej (Banat). Senckenbergiana, 17 (5/6), 226-228.
• Bałuk, Wacław. "Middle Miocene (Badenian) Gastropods from Korytnica, Poland; Part IV–Turridae." Acta Geologica Polonica 53.1 (2003): 29-78.

External links

• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia paulae

Notes and References

1. Boettger, Oskar. Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der mittelmiocänen Schichten von Kostej im Krassó-Szörényer Komitat; Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt; 51, 1-199; 1901