Mangelia difficilis

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

Mangelia difficilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. difficilis
Binomial name
Mangelia difficilis
(Locard & Caziot, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia difficilis Locard & Caziot, 1900 (original combination)
  • Mangiliella difficilis (Locard & Caziot, 1900)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters off Corsica; Southern France and Northeast Spain

References

  • Locard A. & Caziot E., 1900 : Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse; Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (1899) 47: 159–291
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia difficilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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