Mangelia posidonia
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| Original image of a shell of Mangelia posidonia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. posidonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia posidonia J.C. Melvill, 1904
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Mangelia posidonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
This is a solid whote shell with a short fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls of which 2½ smooth, vitreous whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are much impressed at the suture. They contain a few axial ribs, crossed spirally by angulate lirae (eight lirae in the body whorl). The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate. The columella is simple.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
WoRMSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Melvill J.C., 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and north Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr F. W. Townsend, 1893~1914. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140-201, pls. 8-10
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