Mangelia multilineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. multilineolata
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| Mangelia multilineolata (Deshayes, 1835)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm.
The shell contains rather numerous longitudinal ribs, close together, curved white, with chestnut, revolving lines, rarely unicolored or unifasciate.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References edit
- ^ a b Mangelia multilineolata (Deshayes, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Risso, A., 1826 Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes. Mollusques, vol. 4, p. 1-439, 12 pls
- Arnaud, P. M., 1978 Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, "1977"5 101–150
- 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
External links edit
- "Mangelia (Mangiliella) multilineolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- MNHN, Paris : Mangelia lineolata (lectotype)
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