Mangelia taeniata explained

Mangelia taeniata, common name the filleted mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Subspecies

• Mangelia taeniata major É.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
• Mangelia taeniata nivea (J.E. Cooper & H.B. Preston, 1910)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 7 mm.

The smooth, oblong fusiform shell has shouldered whorls. It is longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its color is whitish or yellowish brown, with conspicuous narrow brown revolving lines.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and off Malta, Greece and Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

• Deshayes, G. P., 1832–1835, Mollusques, dans : Expédition scientifique en Morée, entreprise et publiée par ordre du gouvernement francais - Travaux de la section des sciences physiques sous le direction de M. le Colonnel Bory de Saint Vincent. Ouvrage dédié au Roi. Levrault, P. Bertrand., p. 81–203, pls 18–24
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • Syntype at MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118665 Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1–8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London