''Mangelia edentula'' 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 in the
family Mangeliidae.
[Boettger, O. "Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen (IV) nach den Sammlungen des Herrn José Florencio Quadra in Manila. IV. Die Pleurotomiden." Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 27 (1895): 41–63.]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Philippines.
References
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mangelia Edentula
edentula
Gastropods described in 1895