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Mangelia oenoa Dall, 1919

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Mangelia

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Mangelia oenoa

Author: Dall, W.H.

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Description

Shell small, feebly sculptured, whitish with a yellowish underlying, and (on the spire, one; on the last whorl, two) darker spiral lines; whorls six without the (lost) nucleus; suture distinct, anal fasciole obscure; surface with uniform fine spiral striation; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl, about 15) faint narrow riblets extending entirely over the whorl with wider interspaces; aperture narrow, canal short, wide; anal sulcus faint; outer lip thin, sharp, body and pillar smooth. Height of shell, 6.5; of last whorl, 4; diameter, 2.5 mm. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum, No. 153051.
Dall, W.H., 1919. Descriptions of New Species of Molluscs of the Family Turritidae from the West Coast of America and Adjacent regions.

Distribution

Type locality, San Pedro, California.
RANGE. San Pedro, San Diego, California, to Gulf of California.
Dall, W.H., 1919. Descriptions of New Species of Molluscs of the Family Turritidae from the West Coast of America and Adjacent regions.
Author: Jan Delsing

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