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Mangelia difficilis

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Mangelia difficilis
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. difficilis
Binomial name
Mangelia difficilis
(Locard & Caziot, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia difficilis Locard & Caziot, 1900 (original combination)
  • Mangiliella difficilis (Locard & Caziot, 1900)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in European waters off Corsica; Southern France and Northeast Spain

References

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  • Locard A. & Caziot E., 1900 : Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse; Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (1899) 47: 159–291
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia difficilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.