''Manaria atlantica'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through ...
, the true whelk and their alliess.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Manaria atlantica (Fraussen & Hadorn, 2005). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888070 on 2022-09-27]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
.
Description
The size of the shell attains .
References
* Fraussen K. & Hadorn R. 2005. ''A new species of Eosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) from Guadeloupe, Western Atlantic''. Novapex 6 (4): 107–109.
* Fraussen, K. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2016). The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species. in: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 29. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 208: 363-456.
External links
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Eosiphonidae
Gastropods described in 2005