Mangelia scabra

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

Mangelia scabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. scabra
Binomial name
Mangelia scabra
(J.G. Jeffreys, 1847)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma scabrum J.G. Jeffreys, 1847

This is a provisory name and is in need of reassessment.[2]

Description

(Original description) The oblong shell is yellowish white. It contains six or seven whorls, tapering and rounded. Each whorl is marked with twelve rather oblique, longitudinal ribs. These are crossed by about the same number of raised transverse striae which produce tubercles at the point of junction and are of purplish brown colour. The suture is rather deep and well-defined, showing the gradual formation and prolongation of the slit. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is short. There is no umbilicus. The transverse striae give the shell a scabrous appearance.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Scotland, UK.

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References
  1. Jeffreys, J. Gwyn. "XXXIII.—Descriptions and notices of British Shells." Journal of Natural History 19.127 (1847): 309–314
  2. CLEMAM : Pleurotma scabra
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia scabra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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