Benthomangelia antonia

Benthomangelia antonia
Image of a shell of Benthomangelia antonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Benthomangelia
Species:	B. antonia
Binomial name
Benthomangelia antonia (Dall, 1881)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella antonia(Dall, 1881) Mangelia antonia(Dall, 1881) Mangelia innocensThiele, 1925 Mangilia antonia(Dall, 1881) Pleurotoma (Mangilia) antoniaDall, 1881 (original combination) Pleurotoma incinctaWatson, 1881 Pleurotoma mericiacumLocard, 1897 Pleurotomella diomedaeVerrill, 1884 Pleurotomella diomedeaeVerrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884

Benthomangelia antonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description) The shell is six-whorled, with a length of 5.75 mm. The protoconch is clear brown, with three whorls, on most of which there are scalar ridges which are much more closely and regularly set than in Benthomangelia bandella , and do not resemble lamellae. There is only a trace of an antesutural revolving rib in the earlier whorls which vanishes entirely in the later ones, and with it, of course, the tendency to raised points of sculpture. Though its place is marked by a white opacity in the otherwise rather translucent shell. There are thirteen longitudinal ribs on the body whorl, which extend on to the anterior fourth of the whorl instead of vanishing, and are more evident and sharper where they cross the band. While the revolving ribs are less regular and extend partially over the notch-band, which is thus rendered much less conspicuous than in B. bandella. The notch is also less marked and the spire has a stouter aspect. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (from New Jersey, USA, to Southern Brazil), off the Azores in the Gulf of Guinea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1. Benthomangelia antonia (Dall, 1881) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 August 2011.
2. Dall. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.,IX, p. 59, 1881
3. Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 33-144 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• "Benthomangelia antonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: syntype