Mangelia paciniana
Shells of Mangelia paciniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. paciniana
Binomial name
Mangelia paciniana (Calcara, 1839)
Synonyms [1]
Cythara paciniana Mangilia pacinii [sic] (misspelling of Mangelia paciniana(Calcara, 1839)) Pleurotoma (Mangelia) pacinianaMonterosato, 1878 Pleurotoma pacinianaCalcara, 1839 Raphitoma sandriiBrusina, 1865 Raphitoma taeniataWeinkauff, 1868

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.

The whorls of the oblong, turreted shell are not shouldered, but ribbed as in Mangelia vauquelini , not striate. Its color is yellowish or whitish, with brown revolving lines. ^[2] The whorls are slightly convex and anteriorly subangular. They are crossed by many longitudinal, pronounced, oblique and undulated ribs. The surface is smooth, even under magnifying lens. The oval aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is wide and very short. The outer lip has a characteristic tooth, situated at the entrance of the sinus. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• 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

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• "Mangelia (Mangelia) paciniana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.