Mangelia myrmecodes

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

Mangelia myrmecodes
Original image of a shell of Mangelia myrmecodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. myrmecodes
Binomial name
Mangelia myrmecodes
J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901
Synonyms

Mangilia myrmecodes J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.55 mm.

(Original description) The solid shell is oblong and has a pale straw color. It contains six whorls. The protoconch is nipple-shaped and slightly translucent. The other whorls show pronounced noduled ribs (11 on the body whorl). The many spiral lirae form nodules when crossing the ribs. The aperture is narrow. The sinus is wide. The outer lip is incrassate and crenulate. The columella stands upright. It is best distinguished by its noduled ribs, which are particularly well defined.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pakistan.

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References
  1. Melvill, James Cosmo, and Robert Standen. "The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the Collections of Mr. FW Townsend, 1893–1900; with Descriptions of new Species." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 71. No. 2. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1901
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