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

Mangelia pivetaui
Shell of Mangelia pivetaui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. pivetaui
Binomial name
Mangelia pivetaui
Chavan, 1945

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in Morocco.

References

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  • Chavan (A.), 1945 - Étude complémentaire de la faune de Dar-Bel-Hamri. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, sér. 5, t. 14, p. 155-171