Mangelia martensi

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

Mangelia martensi
Original image of a shell of Mangelia martensi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. martensi
Binomial name
Mangelia martensi (Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
Bela martensi Strebel, 1905

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and in the Magellan Strait, Argentina at a depth between 855 m and 866 m.

References

1. Mangelia martensi (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.

• Strebel, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904–1907 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• "Mangelia martensi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.