Perimangelia nitens

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

Perimangelia nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Perimangelia
Species:
P. nitens
Binomial name
Perimangelia nitens
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Mangelia pulchrior Dall, W.H., 1921
  • Mangelia (variegata) nitens Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
  • Perimangelia variegata nitens (Carpenter, 1864)

Description

The shell is similar to Clathromangelia variegata (Carpenter, 1864), but it has a chestnut and a white band.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest USA, from Monterey, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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