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Mangelia dobsoni

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Mangelia dobsoni
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. dobsoni
Binomial name
Mangelia dobsoni
Grabau, A.W. & S.G. King, 1928

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

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

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The figure published by Grabau and King is remarkably similar to the figure published by Dunker in 1860 as Mangelia costulata (Dunker, 1860) and now with the accepted name Mangelia dunkeri Kuroda, 1961

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off China.

References

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  • Grabau, A. W. & S. G. King, 1928f, Shells of Peitaiho, 2nd ed. Peking Society of Natural History, Hand-Book No. 2: vi + 279 + [1 – Errata] pp., 11 pls.
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