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

Mangelia posidonia
Original image of a shell of Mangelia posidonia
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. posidonia
Binomial name
Mangelia posidonia
J.C. Melvill, 1904

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

This is a solid white shell with a short fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls of which 2½ smooth, vitreous whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are much impressed at the suture. They contain a few axial ribs, crossed spirally by angulate lirae (eight lirae in the body whorl). The narrow aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate. The columella is simple.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Mangelia posidonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.