Clathromangelia fuscoligata

Clathromangelia fuscoligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Clathromangelia fuscoligata
Shell of Clathromangelia fuscoligata (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Clathromangelia
Species:
C. fuscoligata
Binomial name
Clathromangelia fuscoligata
(Dall, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella fuscoligata Dall, 1871
  • Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) crassaspera Grant, U.S. & H.R. Gale, 1931

Description edit

The shell is strongly sculptured, longitudinally and spirally. The color of the shell is brownish white, brown-banded at the suture, and in the middle of the body whorl. The nodulous intersections of the sculpture are frequently brown-tipped.[2]

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA

References edit

  1. ^ a b Clathromangelia fuscoligata (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 301; 1884 (described as Daphnella fuscoligata)
  • Dall, W. H. 1871. Am J. Conchology. 7(2): 100

External links edit

  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
  • "Clathromangelia fuscoligata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.