Mangelia gemmula

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

Mangelia gemmula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. gemmula
Binomial name
Mangelia gemmula
Turton, 1932
Synonyms

Mangilia gemmula Turton, 1932

Description

This species is similar to Mangelia tranquilla H. Barnard, 1958 but shows 12 axial plicae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

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References

  • Turton, William Harry. The marine shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangilia gemmula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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