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

Mangelia verrucosa
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. verrucosa
Binomial name
Mangelia verrucosa
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897
  • Mangilia verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897

This is a taxon inquirendum. G.B. Sowerby III described this species as Clathurella verrucosa, previously erroneously referred as Mangelia clathrata M. de Serres.[2] K.H. Barnard mentioned in 1958 Mangilia verrucosa Sowerby III with 11–14 axial ribs (compared to Mangilia minuscula E.A. Smith, 1910)[3]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References

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