Mangelia melitensis

Mangelia melitensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. melitensis
Binomial name
Mangelia melitensis
Cahcia & Misfud, 2008[1]

Mangelia melitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.

References

  1. ^ Cachia C. & Mifsud C. (2008). A new species of Mangelia (Turridae: Mangeliinae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Iberus 26(1): 65–68. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b Mangelia melitensis Cahcia & Misfud, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  • "Mangelia melitensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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