Mangelia stosiciana

Mangelia stosiciana
Shells of Mangelia stosiciana (museum specimens)
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. stosiciana
Binomial name
Mangelia stosiciana
Brusina, 1869[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Mangelia stossiciana Brusina, 1869 (misspelling)
  • Mangilia crenulata Carus, J.V., 1893 (nomen nudum)

Mangelia stosiciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The color of the shell is whitish to yellowish-brown. The whorls are round-shouldered above. The rude ribs show wider interspaces and are crossed by elevated revolving lines, some of them much larger than the rest, and which are sometimes brown.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Canary Islands.

References

  1. ^ Brusina S. (1869). Gasteropodes nouveaux de l'Adriatique. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 230-249. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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