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Mangelia verrucosa

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Mangelia verrucosa
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. verrucosa
Binomial name
Mangelia verrucosa
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897
  • Mangilia verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897

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

This is a taxon inquerendum. G.B. Sowerby III described this species as Clathurella verrucosa, previously erroneously referred as Mangelia clathrata M. de Serres.[2] K.H. Barnard mentioned in 1958 Mangilia verrucosa Sowerby III with 11-14 axial ribs (compared to Mangilia minuscula E.A. Smith, 1910) [3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia verrucosa
  2. ^ G.B. Sowerby III (1897), Appendix to marine shells of South Africa : a catalogue of all the known species
  3. ^ Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73 - 163

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