Mangelia cingulata

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

Mangelia cingulata
Original image of a shell of Mangelia cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. cingulata
Binomial name
Mangelia cingulata
(H. Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms

Mangilia cingulata H. Strebel, 1908

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.7 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

The solid, brownish shell is turriform. The apex is broken off, but 10-11 whorls appear to have existed. These are steeply angulated with a suture impressed below the lowest strongest spiral. Three such spirals are present on the whorls in increasing strength. Another four of decreasing strength show a slightly larger interstice on the body whorl. Between the spiral ribs are fine, extensively extended ribs in the direction of growth, but they become mostly indistinct by a fibrous cuticle.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Uruguay and South Georgia.

References

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