Mangelia verrucosa

Mangelia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. verrucosa
Binomial name
Mangelia verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms
Clathurella verrucosaG.B. Sowerby III, 1897 Mangilia verrucosaG.B. Sowerby III, 1897

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

This is a taxon inquirendum. G.B. Sowerby III described this species as Clathurella verrucosa, previously erroneously referred as Mangelia clathrata M. de Serres. ^[2] K.H. Barnard mentioned in 1958 Mangilia verrucosaSowerby III with 11–14 axial ribs (compared to Mangilia minusculaE.A. Smith, 1910) ^[3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia verrucosa
2. G.B. Sowerby III (1897), Appendix to marine shells of South Africa : a catalogue of all the known species
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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• "Mangilia verrucosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.