Mangelia coarctata
Appearance
Mangelia coarctata | |
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Shell of Mangelia coarctata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Mangelia |
Species: | M. coarctata
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Binomial name | |
Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840)
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Mangelia coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2023) |
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece.
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, france.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139271 on 2023-07-29
- Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl.
- Spada, G., Sabelli, B. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2023). Mangelia Risso, 1826 and allied genera in the Mediterranean with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59(1): 1-53.
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