Mangelia attenuata
Mangelia attenuata | |
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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] | |
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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
- Arnaud, P.M. (1978) Revision des taxa malacologiques meditérranéens introduit par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Nice, 5, 101–150.
- Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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