Mangelia tranquilla

Short description: Species of sea snail

Mangelia tranquilla

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Mangeliidae
Genus:  | Mangelia
Species:  |

M. tranquilla

Binomial name
Mangelia tranquilla

K.H. Barnard, 1958

Synonyms

Mangilia tranquilla K.H. Barnard, 1958

Mangelia tranquilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species is found off East London, South Africa

## References

1. ↑ Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73–163

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Wikidata ☰ Q48836612 entry

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