Mangelia olivieriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia olivieriana | |
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. olivieriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell can reach 9 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
This is a thin species that is sparse in its distribution. It has a milky-white or bluish colour, with an olive-brown fugitive epidermis. It is 8-whorled, three being only very slightly ridged, and crossed with coarsish distant raised lines. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thin. The sinus is wide but very shallow. The columella is straight.[1]
Distribution edit
This marine species can be found off Baluchistan facing the coast of Oman.
References edit
- ^ a b Melvill J.C., 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and north Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr F. W. Townsend, 1893~1914. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140-201, pls. 8-10
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Mangelia olivieriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.