Mangelia perattenuata

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Mangelia perattenuata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. perattenuata
Binomial name
Mangelia perattenuata
(Dall, 1905)
Synonyms [1]

Mangilia perattenuataDall, 1905 (original combination)

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

It was originally published by W.H. Dall as Magilia perattenuata [sic].

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description) The small, whitish shell is very slender..It contains one smooth turgid whorl in the protoconch, and six smooth normal subsequent whorls. The whorls are but slightly convex. The suture is very distinct, its posterior margin slightly overhanging or dominant. The aperture is narrow, short and simple. The outer lip is slightly concavely waved between the periphery and the suture. The siphonal canal is short, a little recurved and relatively rather wide. [2]

Distribution

This marine species was found off Monterey Bay, California, USA.

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