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Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Prior to 2011, both the subfamilies Mangeliinae and Oenopotinae had been placed in the family Conidae.
- Mangeliidae, P. Fischer, 1883
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Mangelia is a large genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. The genus has been used for a long time as a wastebasket taxon. There have been many described species, many of which have become synonyms. Among the remaining accepted names a good number are still in doubt and are little known.
- Gastropoda
- Mangelia, Risso, 1826
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Class: Gastropoda. Order: Neogastropoda. Family: Mangeliidae. Common name: Mangeliidae is one of several families in the Conoidea often referred to as turrid shells. Key morphological features: The Mangeliidae are small to medium-sized gastropods with medium to high-spired, fusiform shells.
The Mangeliidae are a variable group of conoid gastropods with strongly sculptured shells, many of whichy have a multispiral protoconch. Most species lack an operculum though one with a terminal nucleus is present in Oenopota and related genera (Bouchet et al. 2011).
Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2024) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153853 on 2024-05-05
Mangeliidae. « Shell small to medium-sized, 3-30mm, usually 6-12mm, oval to low- or high-fusiform, usually with comparatively low spire, often with a shoulder angulation. Spiral and axial sculpture both well developed. Shell surface often bearing microsculpture of spirally aligned granules.
MANGELIIDAE. (no variety) Class: GASTROPODA. --- Taxon Tree: CAENOGASTROPODA [Subclass] - NEOGASTROPODA [Order] - CONOIDEA [Superfamily] ------ Family: MANGELIIDAE Fischer, 1883 (Sea) DB counters: Genus=69, Subgenus=1, Species=1101, Subspecies=90 ( 506 Species and 25 Subspecies have images) DB counters include Fossil taxa: Species=202 ...
