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

Mangelia fordii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. fordii
Binomial name
Mangelia fordii
(E.A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) fordii E.A. Smith, 1888 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4+13 mm, its diameter 1+12 mm.

The ovate-fusiform shell is white. The shell contains 6 whorls, of which 2 smooth whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are slightly convex. This unpretending little shell has for its chief distinctive characters the 8 rounded ribs and fine spiral striation, and the outer lip is thickened within at a little distance from the acute margin. The small aperture is narrow. The columella shows a small callus. The siphonal canal is very short.[1]

Distribution

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The habitat is unknown.

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