Mangelia tranquilla

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

Mangelia tranquilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. tranquilla
Binomial name
Mangelia tranquilla
K.H. Barnard, 1958
Synonyms

Mangilia tranquilla K.H. Barnard, 1958

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off East London, South Africa

References
  1. Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73–163


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