Perimangelia nitens

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Perimangelia nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Perimangelia
Species:
P. nitens
Binomial name
Perimangelia nitens
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Mangelia pulchrior Dall, W.H., 1921
  • Mangelia (variegata) nitens Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
  • Perimangelia variegata nitens (Carpenter, 1864)

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

Description[edit]

The shell is similar to Clathromangelia variegata (Carpenter, 1864), but it has a chestnut and a white band.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Northwest USA, from Monterey, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California

References[edit]

  1. ^ Traits (2009). Perimangelia nitens (Carpenter, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435279 on 2017-12-12
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia interlirata)

External links[edit]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.