Mangelia striolata
Shells of Mangelia striolata
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. striolata
Binomial name
Mangelia striolata
Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia bertrandii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Mangelia caerulans (Philippi, 1844)
  • Mangelia paucicostata Risso, 1826
  • Mangiliella bertrandii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Mangiliella coerulans [sic] (misspelling)
  • Pleurotoma bertrandii Payraudeau, 1826
  • Pleurotoma caerulans Philippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma coerulans [sic] (misspelling)
  • Pleurotoma striolata Risso, 1826 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and Spain, and in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Italy

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2014). Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434358 on 2015-02-04
  • Spada G. & Della Bella G. (2010). Identification of Mangelia striolata, type species of the genus Mangelia Risso, 1826. Bollettino Malacologico, 46: 76–83


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