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

Mangelia tenuicostata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. tenuicostata
Binomial name
Mangelia tenuicostata
Brugnone, 1862
Synonyms

Pleurotoma attenuatum var. tenuicosta Brugnone, 1862

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and West Africa.

Fossils have been found in the Plaisancien strata of Orciano, Italy.

References

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  • M.A. Peyrot, 1931–1932, Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine, t. VI. (Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, t. LXXXIILXXXIV, 1931–1932)
  • 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
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.