Mangelia maculata

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Mangelia maculata
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Image of a shell of Mangelia maculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. maculata
Binomial name
Mangelia maculata
(L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms

Mangilia maculataL.A.Reeve, 1846

Mangelia maculata 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 10 mm

The shell is white, with an orange-brown band, interrupted by the ribs, and appearing only in the interstices. [2]

References

  1. "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mangelia maculata". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. George W. Tryon (1884). "Manual of Conchology". Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, Conchological Section. Retrieved 8 September 2017.