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Mangelia cesta

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Mangelia cesta
Original image of a shell of Mangelia cesta
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. cesta
Binomial name
Mangelia cesta
W.H. Dall, 1919
Synonyms

Mangilia cesta W.H. Dall, 1919 (original description)

Mangelia cesta 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 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is whitish polished, with (on the body whorl six or seven) widely spaced narrow brown spiral lines. It contains six whorls without the (lost) protoconch. The suture is distinct. The axial sculpture comprises ten rounded ribs extending across the whorl with subequal or wider interspaces. The ribs are not shouldered and start from the suture, which they undulate. The spiral sculpture consists of incised lines in the interspaces between the ribs. The brown color is situated in these grooves of which there are six or more on the body whorl, rather widely spaced;. The aperture is simple. The anal sulcus is inconspicuous. The siphonal canal is very short and wide.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off San Pedro, California, USA.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Mangelia cesta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.