Perimangelia nitens

Perimangelia nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Perimangelia
Species: P. nitens
Binomial name
Perimangelia nitens
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Mangelia pulchrior Dall, W.H., 1921
  • Mangelia (variegata) nitens Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
  • Perimangelia variegata nitens (Carpenter, 1864)

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

Description

The shell is similar to Clathromangelia variegata (Carpenter, 1864), but it has a chestnut and a white band.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest USA, from Monterey, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California

References

  1. ↑ Traits (2009). Perimangelia nitens (Carpenter, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435279 on 2017-12-12
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia interlirata)
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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