| Mangelia mediofasciata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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) | |
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Mangelia mediofasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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 2 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
- ↑ 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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