Clathromangelia strigilata

Clathromangelia strigilata
Two shells of Clathromangelia strigilata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clathurellidae
Genus:Clathromangelia
Species: C. strigilata
Binomial name
Clathromangelia strigilata
(Pallary, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathromangilia strigilata Pallary, 1904
  • Defrancia strigillata Pallary, 1904

Clathromangelia strigilata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

The white, slightly translucent fusiform shell has convex whorls with prominent, longitudinal costae about the whole length and sloping, equidistant striae. The shell grows to a length of 4 mm to 5 mm. The oblong aperture is somewhat rounded and its length is slightly less than the total length of the shell. The siphonal canal is wide open. The columella is slightly inclined to the left. The outer lip is not dentate and is inclined inwards with below a shallow anal sinus.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia.

References

  1. 1 2 Clathromangelia strigilata (Pallary, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Pallary P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie 52: 212-248, pl. 7 54
  • 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
  • Oliverio M., 1995: The systematics of the radula-less gastropod Clathromangelia (Caenogastropoda, Conoidea); Zoologica Scripta 24(3): 193-201
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