Biology:Mangelia olivieriana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia olivieriana
Mangelia olivieriana 001.jpg
Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia olivieriana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. olivieriana
Binomial name
Mangelia olivieriana
J.C. Melvill, 1917
Synonyms

Mangilia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917

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

Description

The length of the shell can reach 9 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

This is a thin species that is sparse in its distribution. It has a milky-white or bluish colour, with an olive-brown fugitive epidermis. It is 8-whorled, three being only very slightly ridged, and crossed with coarsish distant raised lines. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is wide but very shallow. The columella is straight.[1]

Distribution

This marine species can be found off Baluchistan facing the coast of Oman.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q48968875 entry