Mangelia woodwardiae

Mangelia woodwardiae
	Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia woodwardiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. woodwardiae
Binomial name
	Mangelia woodwardiae; J.C. Melvill, 1917
Synonyms
	Mangilia woodwardiae J.C. Melvill, 1917 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The small, whitish shell has a broadened fusiform shape. It contains 7 whorls, of which two vitreous and globular whorls in the protoconch. The shell shows a conspicuous central acute angle in the lower whorls. The whorls are longitudinally crossed by thickish oblique ribs (8 on the body whorl) and intersected by few spiral lirae. The narrow aperture is oblong . The outer lip is invrassate. The columellar margin is straight at its base. The sinus is very obscure. The siphonal canal is hardly produced.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

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References

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.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
"Mangelia woodwardiae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[Melvill-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.