Mangelia costata

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Mangelia costata
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Shell of Mangelia costata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. costata
Binomial name
Mangelia costata
(Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cytharella coarctata(Forbes, 1840)
  • Fusus fasciatusBrown, C.T., 1827
  • Mangelia coarctata(Forbes, 1840) (junior synonym)
  • Mangelia pennantianaGray, J.E., 1852
  • Mangelia pusillaReeve, L.A., 1846
  • Mangilia atlanticaPallary, 1920
  • Mangilia atlantica var. elongataPallary, 1920
  • Mangilia patulaLocard, 1892
  • Mangiliella atlantica(Pallary, 1920)
  • Murex costatusPennant, 1777
  • Pleurotoma coarctataForbes, 1840 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma metcalfeiThorpe, J.P., 1844

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.6 mm and 12 mm.

The shell has 7 or 8 stout ribs. The whorls are without shoulders. The spire varies in length. The spire and the upper half of the body whorl are chestnut- or chocolate-color, while the lower half of the body whorl is light yellowish brown, sometimes yellowish brown with darker lineations. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata of Italy and in Quaternary strata of Portugal; age range : 3.6 to 0.012 Ma

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References

  1. 1 2 Mangelia costata (Pennant, 1777) . Gofas, S. (2009). Mangelia costata (Donovan, 1804). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139272 on 5 September 2010 .
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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Shells of Mangelia costata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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