Mangelia posidonia

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

Mangelia posidonia
Original image of a shell of Mangelia posidonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. posidonia
Binomial name
Mangelia posidonia
J.C. Melvill, 1904

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

This is a solid whote shell with a short fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls of which 2½ smooth, vitreous whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are much impressed at the suture. They contain a few axial ribs, crossed spirally by angulate lirae (eight lirae in the body whorl). The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate. The columella is simple.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

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References
  1. Melvill J.C., 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and north Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr F. W. Townsend, 1893~1914. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140-201, pls. 8-10 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia posidonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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