Mangelia gemmula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. gemmula
Binomial name
Mangelia gemmula
Turton, 1932
Synonyms

Mangilia gemmula Turton, 1932

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

Description

This species is similar to Mangelia tranquilla H. Barnard, 1958 but shows 12 axial plicae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

  • Turton, William Harry. The marine shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangilia gemmula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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