Typhlomangelia nivalis

Typhlomangelia nivalis
Drawing of Typhlomangelia nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae [1]
Genus:	Typhlomangelia
Species:	T. nivalis
Binomial name
Typhlomangelia nivalis (Lovén, 1846)
Synonyms[2]
Pleurotoma compospira Dautzenberg, Ph. & P. Fischer, 1896 Pleurotoma neotericum Locard, E.A.A., 1897 Pleurotoma nexuosulum Locard, E.A.A., 189 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)

Typhlomangelia nivalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

1. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
2. Typhlomangelia nivalis (Lovén, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884

• 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
• 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

• Gastropods.com: Typhlomangelia nivalis; accessed : 15 August 2011