Mangelia neapolitana

Mangelia neapolitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Mangelia neapolitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. neapolitana
Binomial name
Mangelia neapolitana
S. Delle Chiaje, 1841

It is considered a synonym of Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826,[2] but recognized as an accepted species by Tucker.[3]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily.

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References

  • Delle Chiaje S., 1841–1844. Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822–1830. 8 v. Stabilimento Tipografico di C. Batelli & Co., Napoli. [vol. 1, pp. 1–98, 1841 – vol. 2, pp. 146, 1841 – vol. 3, pp. 1–142, 1841 -vol. 4, pp. 1–142, 1841 – vol. 5, pp. 1–165, 1841 -vol. 6, tavv. 1–86, 1841 – vol. 7, tavv. 87–173, 1841, tavv. 174–181, 1844 – vol. 8, pp. 1–48, 1844].
  • "Mangelia neapolitana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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