Mangelia amatula

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

Mangelia amatula
Original image of a shell of Mangelia amatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. amatula
Binomial name
Mangelia amatula
(W.H. Dall, 1919)
Synonyms

Cytharella amatula W.H. Dall, 1919 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is pale waxen yellow, with occasional brown spots between the ribs. It contains about 1½ smooth white whorls in the protoconch and about 5½ subsequent whorls. The axial sculpture consists of (on the body whorl eight) stout protractively arcuate ribs with subequal or narrower interspaces not continuous up the spire, but extending from the suture over a slight shoulder to the siphonal canal. The spiral sculpture consists of numerous fine sharp striae covering the shell (except on the anal fasciole) with flattish wider interspaces. There is a slight angle at the shoulder. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is infolded. The anal sulcus is large. The siphonal canal is hardly differentiated. The columella is smooth.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, found at San Diego.

References

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