''Mangelia serrula'' is a species of

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in the

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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 ...

.Barnard, K. H. "The work of the SS Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9–29.
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Description

The length of the shell attains 6.75 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...

, South Africa

References

External links

Barnard, K. H. "The work of the SS Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal." Annals of the Natal Museum 16.1 (1964): 9–29.
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Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mangelia Serrula Endemic molluscs of South Africa serrula Gastropods described in 1964