Mangelia minuscula

Mangelia minuscula
Image of a shell of Mangelia minuscula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. minuscula
Binomial name
Mangelia minuscula (E.A. Smith, 1910)
Synonyms
Daphnella minusculaE. A. Smith, 1910 (original combination) Mangelia gisnaP. Bartsch, 1915 Mangilia minusculaTurton, 1932

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

The small shell is golden brown. The protoconch contains 1½ smooth whorls, forming a rather elevated apex. The subsequent whorls are well rounded, shouldered at the summit, and marked by strong spiral cords, of which 3 occur upon the first two whorls between the sutures, and 4 upon the penultimate whorl. The base of the body whorl is marked by eight additional cords, which equal those between the sutures in strength and have about the same spacing. The spaces between these spiral cords are about as wide as the cords. In addition to the spiral cords, the whorls are marked by slender axial ribs, which are slightly protractive. Of these ribs, 12 occur upon the first, 16 upon the second and 28 upon the last whorl. The junctions of the axial ribs with the spiral cords form slender tubercles, while the spaces enclosed between them appear as well rounded, strongly impressed pits. On the anterior half of the base, the axial riblets become much enfeebled, so that here the pitting is less apparent. The sutures are strongly constricted. The aperture is moderately large, decidedly channeled posteriorly and anteriorly. The outer lip is thin, showing the external sculpture within. The inner edge of the columella and the parietal wall is covered with a thin callus. ^[2]

Mangelia gisnaP. Bartsch, 1915 is a strongly nodulose form of Mangelia minuscula. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References

1. Sartori, André F. (2014). Mangelia minuscula (E. A. Smith, 1910). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2017-09-02
2. P. Bartsch (1915), Report on the Turton collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum; Bulletin of the United States National Museum v. 91 (1915) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . (described as Mangilia gisna)
3. Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73–163

• Smith E.A. (1910). Ann. Natal Mus., ii, p. 191, pi. 7, fig. 4

External links

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