Mangelia albicincta

Mangelia albicincta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. albicincta
Binomial name
Mangelia albicincta A.A. Gould, 1860

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

This species was collected by William Stimpson, during the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. The type was destroyed in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Ryukyus, Japan

References

1. Mangelia albicincta Gould, 1860 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2011.

• Gould, A. A. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition1860. under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1859–1860 vol. 6–8
• R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964

External links

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