Mangelia verrucosa

Species of gastropod

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.

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## Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

## References[edit]

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

## 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q48997570
* CoL: 6R4LJ
* GBIF: 9677973
* WoRMS: 1253729

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