Mangelia edentula

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

Mangelia edentula
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. edentula
Binomial name
Mangelia edentula
O. Böttger, 1895
Synonyms
  • Guraleus edentula (Boettger, 1895)
  • Mangilia edentula O. Böttger, 1895 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. Boettger, O. "Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen (IV) nach den Sammlungen des Herrn José Florencio Quadra in Manila. IV. Die Pleurotomiden." Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 27 (1895): 41–63.
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