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Mangelia loraeformis W. H. Dall, 1927

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

Description

Shell short, small, polished, whitish, solid, with a large nucleus of a whorl and a half and three and a half subsequent whorls; suture distinct, not appressed, the fasciole inconspicuous, the whorls moderately rounded, the aperture about half the whole length; axial sculpture of more or less obscure folds, stronger on the early whorls, seldom differentiated into distinct ribs, sometimes forming a rounded shoulder to the whorls; beside these there are irregularly distributed incremental lines; there is no indication of any spiral sculpture; aperture narrow, the anal sulcus hardly evident, the outer lip straight, thin or very slightly thickened; pillar straight, axis not pervious. Length, 4.5; diameter, 2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 10S308.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.

Distribution

Off Fernandina, Florida USA.
Dall, W.H., 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mangelia loraeformis Dall, 1927]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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