Biology:Mangelia taeniata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia taeniata
Mangelia taeniata 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Mangelia taeniata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. taeniata
Binomial name
Mangelia taeniata
(Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia eburnea And. Bivona-Bernardi, 1838
  • Mangelia taeniata L.A. Reeve, 1846
  • Mangiliella taeniata (Deshayes, 1835)
  • Pleurotoma eburnea And. Bivona-Bernardi, 1838
  • Pleurotoma taeniata G.P. Deshayes, 1835 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma teniata G.P. Deshayes, 1835

Mangelia taeniata, common name the filleted mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Subspecies

  • Mangelia taeniata major É.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Mangelia taeniata nivea (J.E. Cooper & H.B. Preston, 1910)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 7 mm.

The smooth, oblong fusiform shell has shouldered whorls. It is longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its color is whitish or yellowish brown, with conspicuous narrow brown revolving lines.[2][3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and off Malta, Greece and Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5226865 entry