Mangelia verrucosa

Mangelia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Mangelia
Species: M. verrucosa
Binomial name
Mangelia verrucosa
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897
  • Mangilia verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897

Mangelia verrucosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

This is a taxon inquerendum. G.B. Sowerby III described this species as Clathurella verrucosa, previously erroneously referred as Mangelia clathrata M. de Serres.[2] K.H. Barnard mentioned in 1958 Mangilia verrucosa Sowerby III with 11-14 axial ribs (compared to Mangilia minuscula E.A. Smith, 1910) [3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia verrucosa
  2. ↑ G.B. Sowerby III (1897), Appendix to marine shells of South Africa : a catalogue of all the known species
  3. ↑ Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73 - 163

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