Mangelia ceroplasta
Mangelia ceroplasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia ceroplasta | |
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| Shell of Mangelia ceroplasta (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. ceroplasta |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia ceroplasta (Bush, 1885) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia ceroplasta Bush, 1885 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA and Martinique.
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References
- Mangelia ceroplasta (Bush, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453–480, pl. 45.
External links
- * Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
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