Mangelia munda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia munda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. munda
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia munda (E.A. Smith, 1888)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pleurotoma (Clathurella) munda E.A. Smith, 1888 | |
This species is not to be confused with Mangilia munda Suter, 1909 (synonym of Antiguraleus mundus (Suter, 1909))
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1⅔ mm.
The white shell has a narrow-ovate shape. It contains 7 whorls of which 2 smooth and convex whorls in the protoconch. This species is especially remarkable for the fine yet very prominent thread-like lirations encircling the whorls. The longitudinal ribs are stout, rounded, and equalling in width the interstices between them. The aperture is narrow and measures about ⅓ of the total length of the shell. The outer lip is incrassate. The truncated siphonal canal is very short.[1]
Distribution
editThe marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the China Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Albert C. L. G. Günter; William S. Dallas; William Carruthers; William Francis (1888). "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology". London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 2017-09-14.