''Mangelia pontyi'' 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.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
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Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cansado, Mauritania.

References

External links

Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnénne de Bordeaux 44: 1–174 pl. 1–4 page(s): p. 29–30, pl. 1 fig. 14–16

MNHN, Paris: holotype
pontyi Gastropods described in 1910 {{Mangelia-stub