Mangelia olivieriana
Mangelia olivieriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia olivieriana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. olivieriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
This is a thin species that is abysmal in its distribution. It has a milky-white or bluish colour, with an olive-brown fugitive epidermis. It is 8-whorled, three being only very slightly costellate, and crossed with coarsish distant raised lines .The aperture is singularly wide. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is wide but very shallow. The columella is straight.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Baluchistan facing the coast of Oman
References
- Melvill J.C., 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and north Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr F. W. Townsend, 1893~1914. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140-201, pls. 8-10
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Mangelia olivieriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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