Mangelia vauquelini

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

Mangelia vauquelini
Image of a shell of Mangelia vauquelini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. vauquelini
Binomial name
Mangelia vauquelini
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia vauquelini E. Réquien, 1848
  • Mangelia vauquelini É.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Mangelia vauquelini M.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1883
  • Mangelia vauquelini T.A. de M. Monterosato, 1878
  • Mangilia vauquelini (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pleurotoma vauquelini Payraudeau, 1826

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is pale yellowish or almost white. It shows distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and Spain and in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and Greece .

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References
  1. Mangelia vauquelini (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Payraudeau B. C., 1826: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l'île de Corse; Paris, pp. 218 + 8 pl.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia (Mangelia) vauquelini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Mangelia vauquelini
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