Clathromangelia fuscoligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Clathromangelia fuscoligata | |
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Shell of Clathromangelia fuscoligata (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Clathromangelia |
Species: | C. fuscoligata
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Binomial name | |
Clathromangelia fuscoligata (Dall, 1871)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell is strongly sculptured, longitudinally and spirally. The color of the shell is brownish white, brown-banded at the suture, and in the middle of the body whorl. The nodulous intersections of the sculpture are frequently brown-tipped.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA
References
edit- ^ a b Clathromangelia fuscoligata (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 August 2011.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 301; 1884 (described as Daphnella fuscoligata)
- Dall, W. H. 1871. Am J. Conchology. 7(2): 100
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Clathromangelia fuscoligata.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
- "Clathromangelia fuscoligata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.