Mangelia paessleri

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Mangelia paessleri
Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia paessleri
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. paessleri
Binomial name
Mangelia paessleri
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela paessleri Strebel, 1905
  • Mangelia (Bela) paessleri H. Strebel, 1905

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego.

It is also found as a fossil in Quaternary strata in Chile; age range: 2.588 to 0.781 Ma[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mangelia paessleri (Strebel, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533020 on 2017-09-14
  2. ^ Fossilworks : Bela paesleri

External links[edit]

  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia paessleri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.