Mazatlania fulgurata

Mazatlania fulgurata
Two views of a shell of Mazatlania fulgurata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mazatlania
Species:
M. fulgurata
Binomial name
Mazatlania fulgurata
(Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Mazatlania hesperia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Terebra arguta Gould, 1853
  • Terebra fulgurata Philippi, 1846 (original combination)
  • Terebra moolenbeeki Aubry, 1995

Mazatlania fulgurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico, at 10-20 ft. depth, in sand.

References

  1. ^ Mazatlania fulgurata (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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