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Mangelia constricta W. M. Gabb, 1865

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

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Description

Shell white, solid, smooth, subfusiform; whorls seven, suddenly constricted at the upper portion, near the suture; suture impressed; body whorls rapidly expanded below the constriction; aperture wide, columellar lip encrusted; canal short; outer lip acute, prominent in the middle; posterior sinus deep, angular above and adjoining the suture. (Gabb.)
TYPE in State Geological Survey, Survey Cabinet, Mollusca, No. 1055.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Santa Catalina Island, in 80 fathoms.
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

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