| Mangelia boschi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. boschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia boschi C.H. Oostingh, 1935 | |
Mangelia boschi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
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This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata in Java, Indonesia
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