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Mangelia andamanensis

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Mangelia andamanensis
Original image of a shell of Mangelia andamanensis
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. andamanensis
Binomial name
Mangelia andamanensis
H.B. Preston, 1908
Synonyms

Mangilia andamanensis H.B. Preston, 1908 (original description)

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

Description

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

(Original description) The slenderly fusiform shell is pale yellowish brown, blotched here and there with light chestnut. It contains 7 whorls, convex, angled above. The first two are horny, the later whorls sculptured with transverse ridges and fine spiral striae, presenting a finely cancellate appearance. The sutures are deeply impressed. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is varicosely thickened. The sinus is broad but not deep.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands

References

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