Mangelia decaryi

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

Mangelia decaryi
Original image of a shell of Mangelia decaryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. decaryi
Binomial name
Mangelia decaryi
P. Dautzenberg, 1932
Synonyms
  • Mangilia decaryi P. Dautzenberg, 1932
  • Pseudodaphnella decaryi (Dautzenberg 1932)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

This rather solid shell had a high spire with 8 convex whorls, separated by a distinct suture. The whorls in the protoconch are smooth. The others show axial plicae that are a little arcuate and become sigmoid on the body whorl. The aperture is rather wide and lacks a siphonal canal at its base. The columella shows a callosity that becomes rather thick at the top. The outer lip is incrassate, bends off inwards and ends at the top into a large and deep sinus. The color of the shell is white, banded in the upper whorls by a series of brown spots between the axial plicae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar

References
  1. Dautzenberg, Philippe. Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Supplément, par Ph. Dautzenberg. Journal de Conchyliologie, Vol. LXXVI, 1932,
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