Mangelia taeniata

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Mangelia taeniata
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Drawing of a shell of Mangelia taeniata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. taeniata
Binomial name
Mangelia taeniata
(Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia eburneaAnd. Bivona-Bernardi, 1838
  • Mangelia taeniataL.A. Reeve, 1846
  • Mangiliella taeniata(Deshayes, 1835)
  • Pleurotoma eburneaAnd. Bivona-Bernardi, 1838
  • Pleurotoma taeniataG.P. Deshayes, 1835 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma teniataG.P. Deshayes, 1835

Mangelia taeniata, common name the filleted mangelia, 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 varies between 4 mm and 7 mm.

The smooth, oblong fusiform shell has shouldered whorls. It is longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its color is whitish or yellowish brown, with conspicuous narrow brown revolving lines. [2] [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and off Malta, Greece and Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

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