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Mangelia woodwardiae

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Mangelia woodwardiae
Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia woodwardiae
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. woodwardiae
Binomial name
Mangelia woodwardiae
J.C. Melvill, 1917
Synonyms

Mangilia woodwardiae J.C. Melvill, 1917 (original combination)

Mangelia woodwardiae 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 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The small, whitish shell has a broadened fusiform shape. It contains 7 whorls, of which two vitreous and globular whorls in the protoconch. The shell shows a conspicuous central acute angle in the lower whorls. The whorls are longitudinally crossed by thickish oblique ribs (8 on the body whorl) and intersected by few spiral lirae. The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is invrassate. The columellar margin is straight at its base. The sinus is very obscure. The siphonal canal is hardly produced.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia woodwardiae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.