Perimangelia nitens
Perimangelia nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| 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 | |
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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
- 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
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
- McLean J. H. (2000). Four new genera for northeastern Pacific gastropods. The Nautilus. 114: 99-102
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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