''Mangelia neapolitana'' 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 ...

mollusc 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 esti ...

in the family Mangeliidae, the

cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex. A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, or lines co ...

and their allies. It is considered a synonym of ''

Mangelia costulata ''Mangelia costulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae, the cone snails and their allies. Description The shell is longitudinally ribbed continuing to the base of the body whorl, crossed by spiral ...

'' Risso, 1826, but recognized as an accepted species by Tucker. Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily.

References

* Delle Chiaje S., 1841–1844. Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822–1830. 8 v. Stabilimento Tipografico di C. Batelli & Co., Napoli. [vol. 1, pp. 1–98, 1841 – vol. 2, pp. 146, 1841 – vol. 3, pp. 1–142, 1841 -vol. 4, pp. 1–142, 1841 – vol. 5, pp. 1–165, 1841 -vol. 6, tavv. 1–86, 1841 – vol. 7, tavv. 87–173, 1841, tavv. 174–181, 1844 – vol. 8, pp. 1–48, 1844].

External links

* Mangelia, neapolitana Gastropods described in 1841 {{Mangelia-stub