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

Mangelia jerbaensis
Shell of Mangelia jerbaensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. jerbaensis
Binomial name
Mangelia jerbaensis
Della Bella & Spada in Chirli, 1997

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia.

References edit

  • Chirli C., 1997 - Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana. Vol. 1. Superfamiglia Conoidea, p. 129 p., 29 pls
  • 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
  • Scarponi D. & Della Bella G. (2019). Molluschi Marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emila-Romagna, vol. 3: Conidae II.