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

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