Mangelia vauquelini

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Mangelia vauquelini
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Image of a shell of Mangelia vauquelini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. vauquelini
Binomial name
Mangelia vauquelini
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia vauqueliniE. Réquien, 1848
  • Mangelia vauqueliniÉ.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Mangelia vauqueliniM.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1883
  • Mangelia vauqueliniT.A. de M. Monterosato, 1878
  • Mangilia vauquelini(Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pleurotoma vauqueliniPayraudeau, 1826

Mangelia vauquelini 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 9 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is pale yellowish or almost white. It shows distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and Spain and in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and Greece .

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