| Mangelia sulcosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. sulcosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia sulcosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) | |
Mangelia sulcosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Lord Hood & Chain Island, East Australia
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