Mangelia colombi

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

Mangelia colombi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. colombi
Binomial name
Mangelia colombi
R.P.J. Hervier, 1897
Synonyms

Mangilia colombi R.P.J. Hervier, 1897

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.8 mm.

The white, elongate fusiform shell contains 7 whorls of which 2½ in the protoconch. These are intermediary convex with linear sutures, discreetly undulant. The shell shows many longitudinal striae and oblique ribs. It shows many ribs, 15-16 in the penultimate whorl and 13-14 on the body whorl. The rather narrow aperture is almost quadrangular. The outer lip is flexuously arcuate and incrassate on the outside and the inside. The round sinus lies deep under the suture. The siphonal canal is very short and wide.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Lifou, New Caledonia.

References

  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
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