Mangelia shepstonensis

Species of gastropod

Mangelia shepstonensis

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

M. shepstonensis

Binomial name
Mangelia shepstonensis

(E. A. Smith, 1914)

Synonyms[1]

Mangilia shepstonensis E. A. Smith, 1914

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

This is a taxon inquirendum.

## Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

The shell closely resembles Lienardia siren (E. A. Smith, 1904) and Drillia tholos Barnard, 1958

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## Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Durban, South Africa.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Sartori, André F. (2014). Mangilia shepstonensis E. A. Smith, 1914. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816432 on 2017-09-24

## External links[edit]

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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q48836374
* CoL: 7S2B7
* GBIF: 10087217
* WoRMS: 1362612

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