Mangelia attenuata

Mangelia attenuata
Mangelia attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Mangelia
Species: M. attenuata
Binomial name
Mangelia attenuata
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cythara attenuata
  • Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826
  • Murex aciculatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma villiersii Michaud, A.L.G., 1829
  • Pleurotoma gracile Philippi, R.A., 1836
  • Pleurotoma gracilis Scacchi, A., 1836
  • Pleurotoma vulpina Bivona-Bernardi, Ant. & And. Bivona-Bernardi, 183
  • Pleurotoma valenciennesii Maravigna, C., 1840
  • Pleurotoma payraudeauti Weinkauff, H.C., 1868

Mangelia attenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

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Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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 Mangelia attenuata (Montagu, 1803).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139265 on 9 August 2011.
  • Arnaud, P.M. (1978) Revision des taxa malacologiques meditérranéens introduit par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Nice, 5, 101–150.
  • Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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