Mangelia andamanensis
Mangelia andamanensis | |
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Original image of a shell of Mangelia andamanensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Mangelia |
Species: | M. andamanensis |
Binomial name | |
Mangelia andamanensis H.B. Preston, 1908 | |
Synonyms | |
Mangilia andamanensis H.B. Preston, 1908 (original description) |
Mangelia andamanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) The slenderly fusiform shell is pale yellowish brown, blotched here and there with light chestnut. It contains 7 whorls, convex, angled above. The first two are horny, the later whorls sculptured with transverse ridges and fine spiral striae, presenting a finely cancellate appearance. The sutures are deeply impressed. The aperture is oval. The outer lip is varicosely thickened. The sinus is broad but not deep.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands
References
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