Mangelia stosiciana

Mangelia stosiciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Mangelia stosiciana
Shells of Mangelia stosiciana (museum specimens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. stosiciana
Binomial name
Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869[1]
Synonyms[2]
Mangelia stossiciana Brusina, 1869 (misspelling) Mangilia crenulata Carus, J.V., 1893 (nomen nudum)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The colorof the shell is whitish to yellowish brown. The whorls are round-shouldered above. The rude ribs show wider interspaces and are crossed by elevated revolving lines, some of them much larger than the rest, and which are sometimes brown.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Canary Islands.

References

1. Brusina S. (1869). Gasteropodes nouveaux de l'Adriatique. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 230-249. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
2. Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• 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

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• "Mangelia stosiciana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: Mangelia stosiciana