Mangelia phoxos

Mangelia phoxos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. phoxos
Binomial name
Mangelia phoxos
K.H. Barnard, 1958
Synonyms

Mangilia phoxos K.H. Barnard, 1958

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm, diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Natal, 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
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangilia phoxos". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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