Mangelia hyemalis

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Mangelia hyemalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. hyemalis
Binomial name
Mangelia hyemalis
(Mabille, J. & A.-T. de Rochebrune in Rochebrune, A.-T. de & J. Mabille, 1888)
Synonyms [1]

Pleurotoma hyemalisMabille & Rochebrune, 1889

Mangelia hyemalis 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 attains 30 mm.

The shell has a fusiform shape. It is slightly translucent but still solid. The spire has an elongated conical shape. The protoconch is papillar, white and shining. The shell contains 9 whorls. They are slightly impressed towards the suture. They are at first smooth but then become obliquely costulate and rugose. The narrow aperture has an elongated oval shape with on top a large and deep sinus. The siphonal canal is very short and wide open. The columella is slightly arcuate and is thickened at its base. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tierra del Fuego.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mangelia hyemalis (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533017 on 2017-09-03
  2. ↑ Rochebrune A.-T. de & Mabille J.. (1889). Mollusques. in: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882–1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). Paris, Gauthiers-Villars. H.1-H.129, pls. 1–8
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