Mangelia attenuata

Mangelia attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Mangelia
Species: M. attenuata
Binomial name
Mangelia attenuata
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cythara attenuata
  • Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826
  • Murex aciculatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803 (basionym)
  • Pleurotoma villiersii Michaud, A.L.G., 1829
  • Pleurotoma gracile Philippi, R.A., 1836
  • Pleurotoma gracilis Scacchi, A., 1836
  • Pleurotoma vulpina Bivona-Bernardi, Ant. & And. Bivona-Bernardi, 183
  • Pleurotoma valenciennesii Maravigna, C., 1840
  • Pleurotoma payraudeauti Weinkauff, H.C., 1868

Mangelia attenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

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