Mangelia mediofasciata

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

Mangelia mediofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. mediofasciata
Binomial name
Mangelia mediofasciata
(von Maltzan, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia nebula var. mediofasciata (von Maltzan, 1883)
  • Mangilia (Raphitomaj nebula var. mediofasciata von Maltzan, 1883 (original combination)
  • Mangilia mediofasciata (von Maltzan, 1883)

Description

Originally described as a variety of Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803), it is distinct by its shorter height and its more pronounced and more limited sinus. Its outer lip is more inflected. There is a white band on the periphery of the body whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Mangelia mediofasciata Maltzan, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030848 on 2017-09-09
  2. Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnénne de Bordeaux. 64: 47–228, pl. 1–4
  • von Maltzan, Jahrb.. d. d. Malak. Ges., X, p. 132, pl. III, fig. 12 1883
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