CZ EN
SEARCH  

Taxon profile

species

Mangelia victoriana W. H. Dall, 1897

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

Images

Mangelia victoriana

Author: Oldroyd, I.

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Shell small, solid, brownish or livid purple, with six whorls; spire rather acute, nucleus worn, but apparently smooth, the succeeding whorls sculptured with strong, flexuous, discontinuous ribs, which cross from suture to suture; the interspaces are wider than the ribs, of which there are nine on the last whorl; suture distinct, somewhat appressed and undulated by the ends of the ribs; aperture long, narrow, with a wide, strong, anal notch, the outer lip strong and heavy; pillar smooth, canal short, not recurved. Length of shell, 7; max. diameter, 3 mm. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Type locality, near Victoria, Vancouver Island, B. C.
RANGE. Known only from type locality
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
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 victoriana Dall, 1897]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Contributions to BioLib

Help us to expand this encyclopedia! If you are logged in, you can add new subtaxa, vernacular and scientific names, texts, images or intertaxon relationships for this taxon.

Comments