Mangelia costata

Mangelia costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. costata
Binomial name
	Mangelia costata; (Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms[1]
	Cytharella coarctata (Forbes, 1840); Fusus fasciatus Brown, C.T., 1827; Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840) (junior synonym); Mangelia pennantiana Gray, J.E., 1852; Mangelia pusilla Reeve, L.A., 1846; Mangilia atlantica Pallary, 1920; Mangilia atlantica var. elongata Pallary, 1920; Mangilia patula Locard, 1892; Mangiliella atlantica (Pallary, 1920); Murex costatus Pennant, 1777; Pleurotoma coarctata Forbes, 1840 (original combination); Pleurotoma metcalfei Thorpe, J.P., 1844;

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.6 mm and 12 mm.

The shell has 7 or 8 stout ribs. The whorls are without shoulder. The spire varies in length. The spire and the upper half of the body whorl are chestnut- or chocolate-color, while the lower half of the body whorl is light yellowish brown, sometimes yellowish brown with darker lineations.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of Italy and in Quaternary strata of Portugal; age range : 3.6 to 0.012 Ma

References

Mangelia costata (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2009). Mangelia costata (Donovan, 1804). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139272 on 5 September 2010 .
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Cossmann (M.), 1896 Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1–179
de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3.
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

External links

Shells of Mangelia costata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

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[WoRMS-1] Mangelia costata (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2009). Mangelia costata (Donovan, 1804). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139272 on 5 September 2010 .

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.