Mangelia maculata
| Mangelia maculata | |
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| Image of a shell of Mangelia maculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia maculata (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia maculata L.A.Reeve, 1846 | |
Mangelia maculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This is not Cythara maculata Brazier, 1876 (synonym of Eucithara alacris Hedley, 1922)
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm
The shell is white, with an orange-brown band, interrupted by the ribs, and appearing only in the interstices.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines
References[edit]
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mangelia maculata". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ George W. Tryon (1884). "Manual of Conchology". Retrieved 8 September 2017.
External links[edit]
- "Mangilia maculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.