''Sorgenfreispira moronii'' is an extinct species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Mangeliidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Sorgenfreispira moronii (Venzo & Pelosio, 1964) †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=847925 on 2018-01-25]
Description
Undoubtedly related to ''
Bela exilis''.
Distribution
This extinct species was found in
Miocene strata in
Italy.
References
moronii
Gastropods described in 1964
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