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

Mangelia maculata
Image of a shell of Mangelia maculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Mangelia
Species:
M. maculata
Binomial name
Mangelia maculata
(L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms

Mangilia maculata L.A.Reeve, 1846

This is not Cythara maculata Brazier, 1876 (synonym of Eucithara alacris Hedley, 1922)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm

The shell is white, with an orange-brown band, interrupted by the ribs, and appearing only in the interstices.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines

References

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  1. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Mangelia maculata". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ^ George W. Tryon (1884). "Manual of Conchology". Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, Conchological Section. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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