Biology:Mangelia ceroplasta

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia ceroplasta
Shell of Mangelia ceroplasta (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
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. โ†‘ 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 453โ€“480, pl. 45.

Wikidata ☰ Q3141690 entry