Biology:Mangelia ceroplasta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia ceroplasta
Mangelia ceroplasta 001.jpg
Shell of Mangelia ceroplasta (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. ceroplasta
Binomial name
Mangelia ceroplasta
(Bush, 1885)
Synonyms[1]

Mangilia ceroplasta Bush, 1885

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Carolina, USA and Martinique.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mangelia ceroplasta (Bush, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  • Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453–480, pl. 45.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3141690 entry