Mangelia decipiens

Mangelia decipiens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. decipiens
Binomial name
	Mangelia decipiens; (E.A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Mangilia) decipiens E.A. Smith, 1888; Zoila atrata Sulliotti, G.R., 1924;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

This species has no very marked distinctive character. The white oblong-ovate shell contains 7 whorls, of which 3 smooth and convex whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are slightly convex. They show 8-9 ribs. The aperture is small and measures a bit less than half the length of the shell. The spiral striations are generally rather coarse, but some are finer than the others, and the ribs on the body whorl become more remote from each other as they approach the outer lip. The outer lip is incrassate. The truncated siphonal canal is very short.^[1]

Distribution

The habitat is unknown.

References

^ ^a ^b Smith, E. A. 1888. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum.; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6th ser. v.2. (1888) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

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

[Smith-1] Smith, E. A. 1888. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum.; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6th ser. v.2. (1888) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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