Biology:Mangelia vauquelini

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia vauquelini
Mangelia vauquelini 01.jpg
Image of a shell of Mangelia vauquelini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. vauquelini
Binomial name
Mangelia vauquelini
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia vauquelini E. Réquien, 1848
  • Mangelia vauquelini É.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
  • Mangelia vauquelini M.E.J. Bucquoy, P. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1883
  • Mangelia vauquelini T.A. de M. Monterosato, 1878
  • Mangilia vauquelini (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Pleurotoma vauquelini Payraudeau, 1826

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is pale yellowish or almost white. It shows distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and Spain and in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and Greece .

References

  • Payraudeau B. C., 1826: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l'île de Corse; Paris, pp. 218 + 8 pl.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5234699 entry