| Mangelia coarctata | |
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| Shell of Mangelia coarctata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. coarctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840) | |
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Mangelia coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece.
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, france.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139271 on 2023-07-29
- Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl.
- Spada, G., Sabelli, B. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2023). Mangelia Risso, 1826 and allied genera in the Mediterranean with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 59(1): 1-53.
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