Mangelia sparsa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia sparsa | |
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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. sparsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia sparsa (O. Böttger, 1901)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was found in Middle Miocene strata in Hungary.
References edit
- ^ 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