Mazatlania fulgurata
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| Two views of a shell of Mazatlania fulgurata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Mazatlania |
| Species: | M. fulgurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mazatlania fulgurata (Philippi, 1846)
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Mazatlania fulgurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 23 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico, at 10-20 ft. depth, in sand.
References
[edit]- ^ Mazatlania fulgurata (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
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- "Mazatlania fulgurata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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