| Mangelia verrucosa | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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Mangelia verrucosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This is a taxon inquirendum. 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
- ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia verrucosa
- ↑ G.B. Sowerby III (1897), Appendix to marine shells of South Africa : a catalogue of all the known species
- ↑ 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
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Mangilia verrucosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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