Mangelia sicula

Mangelia sicula, common name the Sicilian mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Mangelia sicula
Drawing of a shell of Mangelia sicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. sicula
Binomial name
Mangelia sicula
L.A. Reeve, 1846
Synonyms
  • Mangelia kieneri C. Maravigna, 1840
  • Mangelia philippii H.C. Weinkauff, 1868
  • Mangelia (Mangiliella) sicula (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangiliella sicula (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma kieneri Maravigna, C., 1840
  • Raphitoma philippii Weinkauff, H.C., 1868

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The whorls are rounded, rather gibbous, concentrically ribbed, smooth. The aperture is short and ovate. The sinus is rather conspicuous. The color of the shell is dark chesnut-brown within and without. The lip is yellowish, crossed with fine brown lines.[2]

The color of the shell is chestnut- or chocolate-brown within and without, with narrow brown lines, more conspicuous on the thickened lip, which is lighter colored. The whorls are rounded, rather gibbous, those of the spire obtusely angulated.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus and Italy; in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Mangelia sicula Reeve, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139288 on 2017-09-23
  2. Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1–8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "Mangelia sicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
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