Biology:Typhlomangelia nivalis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Typhlomangelia nivalis | |
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Shell of Typhlomangelia nivalis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Typhlomangelia |
Species: | T. nivalis
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Binomial name | |
Typhlomangelia nivalis (Lovén, 1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Typhlomangelia nivalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 27 mm. The turreted, white shell has a long spire with ten whorls. The periphery is tuberculated longitudinally. The ribs which give rise to them are very short. The shell is covered by close revolving striae. The shoulder of the whorls are slanting.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the British Isles, Iceland, Norway , Spain , Portugal, the Azores, Senegal
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Typhlomangelia nivalis (Lovén, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884
- Lovén S., 1846: Nordens Hafs-Mollusker [list of species bears subtitle "Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium"] Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3(5): 134–160, 3(6): 182–204
- Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H., 1896: Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888–1895. 1. Mollusques Gastropodes; Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 395–498, pl. 15–22
- Locard A., 1897–1898: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés.; Paris, Masson vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1–22 vol. 2 [1898], p. 517–1044 pl. 23–40
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1980. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies: 1–119, sér. Suppl.8
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN:0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- 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
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
External links
- "Typhlomangelia nivalis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_24112.shtml.
- Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
Wikidata ☰ Q3175208 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhlomangelia nivalis.
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