Mangelia attenuata
| Mangelia attenuata |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Conoidea |
| Family: |
Mangeliidae [1] |
| Genus: |
Mangelia |
| Species: |
M. attenuata |
| Binomial name |
Mangelia attenuata
(Montagu, 1803) |
| Synonyms[2] |
- Cythara attenuata
- Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826
- Murex aciculatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
- Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803 (basionym)
- Pleurotoma villiersii Michaud, A.L.G., 1829
- Pleurotoma gracile Philippi, R.A., 1836
- Pleurotoma gracilis Scacchi, A., 1836
- Pleurotoma vulpina Bivona-Bernardi, Ant. & And. Bivona-Bernardi, 183
- Pleurotoma valenciennesii Maravigna, C., 1840
- Pleurotoma payraudeauti Weinkauff, H.C., 1868
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Mangelia attenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- Arnaud, P.M. (1978) Revision des taxa malacologiques meditérranéens introduit par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Nice, 5, 101–150.
- Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
- 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
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