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

Mangelia gazellae
Original image of a shell of Mangelia gazellae
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. gazellae
Binomial name
Mangelia gazellae
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela gazellae Strebel, 1905
  • Drillia gazellae Strebel, 1905

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 22.5 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the South Atlantic off Argentina, the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Mangelia gazellae (Strebel, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533015 on 2017-09-01

External links edit

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