Mangelia olivieriana

Mangelia olivieriana
Original image of a shell (and protoconch) of Mangelia olivieriana
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. olivieriana
Binomial name
Mangelia olivieriana
J.C. Melvill, 1917
Synonyms

Mangilia olivieriana J.C. Melvill, 1917

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

Description

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

This marine species can be found off Baluchistan facing the coast of Oman.

References

  1. ^ 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia olivieriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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