Mangelia decaryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Mangelia decaryi | |
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. decaryi
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| Mangelia decaryi P. Dautzenberg, 1932
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
This rather solid shell had a high spire with 8 convex whorls, separated by a distinct suture. The whorls in the protoconch are smooth. The others show axial plicae that are a little arcuate and become sigmoid on the body whorl. The aperture is rather wide and lacks a siphonal canal at its base. The columella shows a callosity that becomes rather thick at the top. The outer lip is incrassate, bends off inwards and ends at the top into a large and deep sinus. The color of the shell is white, banded in the upper whorls by a series of brown spots between the axial plicae.[1]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Madagascar