''Mangelia albilonga'' is a species 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
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
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Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
Angola
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References
* Rolán, E., and J. Otero-Schmitt. "The family Turridae s.l. (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in Angola, 2. subfamily Mangeliinae Fischer, 1883." Argonauta 13.1 (1999): 5–526
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–11295*
MHN Catálogo do Museo de Historia Natural: ''Mangelia albilonga'' MNHN, Paris : ''Mangelia albilonga'' (holotype)
Endemic fauna of Angola
albilonga
Gastropods described in 1999
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