Mangelia munda

Mangelia munda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. munda
Binomial name
	Mangelia munda; (E.A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Clathurella) munda E.A. Smith, 1888

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

This species is not to be confused with Mangilia munda Suter, 1909 (synonym of Antiguraleus mundus (Suter, 1909))

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1⅔ mm.

The white shell has a narrow-ovate shape. It contains 7 whorls of which 2 smooth and convex whorls in the protoconch. This species is especially remarkable for the fine yet very prominent thread-like lirations encircling the whorls. The longitudinal ribs are stout, rounded, and equalling in width the interstices between them. The aperture is narrow and measures about ⅓ of the total length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate. The truncated siphonal canal is very short.[1]

Distribution

The marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the China Sea.

References

Albert C. L. G. Günter; William S. Dallas; William Carruthers; William Francis (1888). "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology". London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 2017-09-14.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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[Smith-1] Albert C. L. G. Günter; William S. Dallas; William Carruthers; William Francis (1888). "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology". London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 2017-09-14.