Biology:Mangelia costulata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mangelia costulata
Mangelia costulata (MNHN-IM-2000-27762) 002.jpeg
Shells of Mangelia costulata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. costulata
Binomial name
Mangelia costulata
Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela costulata (Risso, 1826)
  • Bela costulata scacchii Nordsieck, 1972
  • Bela ornata (Locard, 1891)
  • Cythara altenai Brackman, 1938
  • Mangelia altenai Brackman, 1938 (dubious synonym)
  • Mangelia costulata Blainville, 1829 (specific name erroneously credited to Blainville )
  • Mangelia smithii (Forbes, 1840)
  • Mangelia wareni Piani, 1980
  • Pleurotoma farrani Thompson W., 1845
  • Pleurotoma loeviana Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma smithii Forbes, 1840
  • Pleurotoma striolatum (Risso, 1826) sensu Philippi, 1844
  • Raphitoma exstriolata Cerulli-Irelli, 1910
  • Raphitoma ornata Locard, 1892 (original combination)
  • Raphitoma rissoi Locard, 1886
  • Raphitoma strictum Locard, 1891
  • Raphitoma substriolata Harmer, 1918 (dubious synonym)
  • Smithia striolata Monterosato, 1884
  • Smithiella costulata (Risso, 1826)
  • Smithiella loeviana (Reeve, 1845)

Mangelia costulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The shell is longitudinally ribbed continuing to the base of the body whorl, crossed by spiral striae. The sinus is broad and shallow. Its color is chestnut or horny brown, interior similarly colored.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN:0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) 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
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3171495 entry