Clathromangelia granum

Clathromangelia granum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Clathromangelia granum
A shell of Clathromangelia granum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Clathromangelia
Species:
C. granum
Binomial name
Clathromangelia granum
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathromangelia delosensis (Reeve, 1846)
  • Clathurella clathrata Marcel de Serres
  • Pleurotoma cancellata Calcara, 1839
  • Pleurotoma delosensis Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma granum Philippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma rude Philippi, 1836

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7 mm. The shell is conspicuously latticed with coarse sculpture. The aperture is large and truncate at the yellowish white base.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and Morocco.

References
  1. Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 276; 1884 (described as Clathurella clathrata)
  • Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2 Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13–28
  • Oliverio M., 1995: The systematics of the radula-less gastropod Clathromangelia (Caenogastropoda, Conoidea); Zoologica Scripta 24(3): 193–201
  • 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
  • "Clathromangelia granum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
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