Mangelia cingulata
Mangelia cingulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia cingulata | |
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| Original image of a shell of Mangelia cingulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. cingulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia cingulata (H. Strebel, 1908) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia cingulata H. Strebel, 1908 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.7 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.
The solid, brownish shell is turriform. The apex is broken off, but 10-11 whorls appear to have existed. These are steeply angulated with a suture impressed below the lowest strongest spiral. Three such spirals are present on the whorls in increasing strength. Another four of decreasing strength show a slightly larger interstice on the body whorl. Between the spiral ribs are fine, extensively extended ribs in the direction of growth, but they become mostly indistinct by a fibrous cuticle.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Uruguay and South Georgia.
