Mangelia semiassa
| Mangelia semiassa | |
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| Original image of a shell of Mangelia semiassa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Mangelia |
| Species: | M. semiassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mangelia semiassa A.A. Gould, 1860 | |
Mangelia semiassa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
It was first described by Augustus Addison Gould in 1860. The shell of this species typically reaches a length of about 8 mm and a diameter of 3 mm.[2]
Distribution
References
- ^ Gould, A. A. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition1860. under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1859–1860 vol.7 p. 383
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mangelia Risso, 1826". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
External links
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964