Biology:Mangelia terpnisma

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia terpnisma
Mangelia terpnisma 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Mangelia terpnisma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. terpnisma
Binomial name
Mangelia terpnisma
J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901
Synonyms

Mangilia terpnisma J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901 (original combination)

Mangelia terpnisma 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 3 mm.

(Original description) The fusiform shell is characterized by its stout build. The 8 whorls are once-angled. They are longitudinally crassicostate with straight ribs and spirally lirate with irregular lirae. Its color is whitish, banded and filleted with chestnut. The incrassate outer lip is much thickened, taeniate, within blood-red or, in one example, chestnut. The columella is stained at the base with the same colour. The aperture is narrow, cinereous or slate-coloured within. The very short siphonal canal is slightly curved.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q41157205 entry