Mangelia stosiciana
Mangelia stosiciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. stosiciana |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
The colorof the shell is whitish to yellowish brown. The whorls are round-shouldered above. The rude ribs show wider interspaces and are crossed by elevated revolving lines, some of them much larger than the rest, and which are sometimes brown.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Canary Islands.
References
- Brusina S. (1869). Gasteropodes nouveaux de l'Adriatique. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 230-249. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- 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
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Mangelia stosiciana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: Mangelia stosiciana
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