Mangelia hontensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia hontensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. hontensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia hontensis M. Csepreghy, 1953
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Hungary.
References
edit- ^ Csepreghy-Meznerics, I. "Mittelmiozäne Pleurotomen aus Ungarn." Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hungarici (Budapest) 4 (1953): 5-22.