Mangelia tritaeniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Mangelia tritaeniata | |
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| Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia tritaeniata | |
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. tritaeniata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia tritaeniata J.C. Melvill, 1917
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia tritaeniata J.C. Melvill, 1917 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
The small shell has a fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls, of which two or three vitreous and globular whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent ventricose whorls are considerably impressed at the suture. They are longitudinally crossed by many, not very sharp ribs (about 15 on the body whorl) and intersected by thin, spiral lirae. The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is thin. The columella is simple and oblique. The sinus is obscure. The siphonal canal is wide and produced. The shell shows three characteristic red bands on the body whorl.[1]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Mumbai, Western India.
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 tritaeniata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.