Mangelia attenuata

Mangelia attenuata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae ^[1]
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. attenuata
Binomial name
*Mangelia attenuata* (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms^[2]
Cythara attenuata Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826 Murex aciculatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Murex attenuatus Montagu, 1803 (basionym) Pleurotoma villiersii Michaud, A.L.G., 1829 Pleurotoma gracile Philippi, R.A., 1836 Pleurotoma gracilis Scacchi, A., 1836 Pleurotoma vulpina Bivona-Bernardi, Ant. & And. Bivona-Bernardi, 183 Pleurotoma valenciennesii Maravigna, C., 1840 Pleurotoma payraudeauti Weinkauff, H.C., 1868

Mangelia attenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm.

This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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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

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