Mangelia verrucosa

Mangelia verrucosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. verrucosa
Binomial name
	Mangelia verrucosa; (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897)
Synonyms
	Clathurella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897; Mangilia verrucosa G.B. Sowerby III, 1897;

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

This is a taxon inquirendum. G.B. Sowerby III described this species as Clathurella verrucosa, previously erroneously referred as Mangelia clathrata M. de Serres.^[2] K.H. Barnard mentioned in 1958 Mangilia verrucosa Sowerby III with 11–14 axial ribs (compared to Mangilia minuscula E.A. Smith, 1910)^[3]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
"Mangilia verrucosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[1] Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Mangelia verrucosa

[2] G.B. Sowerby III (1897), Appendix to marine shells of South Africa : a catalogue of all the known species

[3] 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

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