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Mangelia adansoni

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Mangelia adansoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. adansoni
Binomial name
Mangelia adansoni
(Knudsen, 1952)
Synonyms[1]

Cythara adansoni Knudsen, 1952

Mangelia adansoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Taxonomy

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Originally placed in Cythara Schumacher, 1817, an unaccepted generic name; tentatively here placed in Mangelia [1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off West Africa

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Mangelia adansoni (Knudsen, 1952). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556041 on 2017-08-09
  • Knudsen, J. (1952) Marine prosobranchs of tropical West Africa collected by the Atlantide Expedition, 1945–46. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 114, 129–185, 3 pls.
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