Clathromangelia fuscoligata

Clathromangelia fuscoligata
Clathromangelia fuscoligata
Drawing of Clathromangelia fuscoligata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae [1]
Genus: Clathromangelia
Species: C. fuscoligata
Binomial name
Clathromangelia fuscoligata
(Dall, 1871)
Synonyms[2]
  • Daphnella fuscoligata Dall, 1871
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) crassaspera Grant, U.S. & H.R. Gale, 1931

Clathromangelia fuscoligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae,.[2]

Description

The shell is strongly sculptured, longitudinally and spirally. The color of the shell is brownish white, brown-banded at the suture, and in the middle of the body whorl. The nodulous intersections of the sculpture are frequently brown-tipped. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Clathromangelia fuscoligata (Dall, 1871).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433232 on 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 301; 1884 (described as Daphnella fuscoligata)


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