Typhlomangelia nivalis

Typhlomangelia nivalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Typhlomangelia nivalis
Shell of Typhlomangelia nivalis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Typhlomangelia
Species:	T. nivalis
Binomial name
Typhlomangelia nivalis (Lovén, 1846)
Synonyms
Pleurotoma compospira Dautzenberg, Ph. & P. Fischer, 1896 Pleurotoma neotericum Locard, E.A.A., 1897 Pleurotoma nexuosulum Locard, E.A.A., 1897 Pleurotoma nivalis Loven, 1846 (basionym) Pleurotoma peregrinum Locard, E.A.A., 1897 Pleurotoma vacantivum Locard, E.A.A., 1897 Typhlomangelia nivale (Loven, 1846) (ending of species epithet must agree with current genus)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 27 mm. The turreted, white shell has a long spire with ten whorls. The periphery is tuberculated longitudinally. The ribs which give rise to them are very short. The shell is covered by close revolving striae. The shoulder of the whorls are slanting.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the British Isles, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, the Azores, Senegal

References

• Lovén S., 1846: Nordens Hafs-Mollusker [list of species bears subtitle "Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium"] Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3(5): 134–160, 3(6): 182–204
• Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H., 1896: Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888–1895. 1. Mollusques Gastropodes; Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 395–498, pl. 15–22
• Locard A., 1897–1898: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés.; Paris, Masson vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1–22 vol. 2 [1898], p. 517–1044 pl. 23–40
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1980. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies: 1–119, sér. Suppl.8
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• 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
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

External links

• "Typhlomangelia nivalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
• Lectotype at MNHN, Paris