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Mangelia perattenuata W. H. Dall, 1905

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

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Mangelia perattenuata

Author: Dall, W.H.

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Description

Shell small, very slender, with one smooth turgid nuclear, and six smooth normal whorls; the whorls are but slightly convex, whitish, the suture very distinct, its posterior margin slightly overhanging or dominant; aperture narrow, short, simple, the outer lip slightly concavely waved between the periphery and the suture, canal short, a little recurved, relatively rather wide. Long, of shell, 9.5; of last whorl, 3.75; maximum diameter, 2.5 mm. (Dall.)
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, Monterey Bay, California, in 10-40 fathoms.
RANGE. Known only from type locality.
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

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mangelia perattenuata Dall, 1905]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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