Clathromangelia loiselieri

Clathromangelia loiselieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Clathromangelia
Species:	C. loiselieri
Binomial name
Clathromangelia loiselieri Oberling, 1970
Synonyms
Clathromangelia fehri van Aartsen & Zenetou, 1987

Clathromangelia loiselieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm. This species lacks a radula.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Greece.

References

• Oberling J.J. (1970). Quelques espèces nouvelles de Gastropodes du bassin Méditerranéen. Kleine Mitteilungen, Naturhistorisches Museum Bern 1: 1–7
• van Aartsen J. J. & Zenetou A., 1987: Il genere Clathromangelia Monterosato, 1884 nel Mediterraneo con la descrizione di Clathromangelia fehri n. sp; La Conchiglia 19 (222–223): 10–11
• 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

External links

• "Clathromangelia loiselieri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 August 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