Mangelia elegantissima is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia elegantissima | |
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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. elegantissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia elegantissima E.W. Vredenburg, 1921
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Not to be confounded with Mangelia elegantissima (Melvill & Standen, 1903), originally described as Cythara elegantissima and now a synonym of Paraclathurella gracilenta (Reeve, 1843)
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata of Myanmar
References edit
- ^ E.W. Vredenburg. Rec. Geol. Surv. India, vol. li (1921).
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