Mangelia serrula

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

Mangelia serrula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. serrula
Binomial name
Mangelia serrula
(K.H. Barnard, 1964)
Synonyms

Mangilia serrula K.H. Barnard, 1964

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.75 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References
  1. Barnard, K. H. "The work of the SS Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9–29.
  • Barnard, K. H. "The work of the SS Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9–29.
  • "Mangelia serrula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
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