Mangelia sandrii ( Brusina 1865 )

Öztürk, Bilal, 2021, Mangelia (Gastropoda, Conoidea) species of the Turkish coasts with description of Mangelia vanaartseni sp. nov., Zootaxa 4933 (2), pp. 241-262 : 250-251

Mangelia sandrii ( Brusina 1865)

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Raphitoma sandrii Brusina 1865: 6

Material: 06.09.2019, Taşucu, Levantine Sea, muddy sand with shell fragments, 25 m, 1spm + 1 sh. ( ESFM-GAS /2019-2 ) .

Remarks: M. sandrii has a paucispiral protoconch and a teleoconch sculpture consists of axial ribs only (on the body whorl 11 ribs), which are orthocline with prosocline lower ends. Deep posterior sinus and thick labial varix. The species is a quite similar to M. paciniana by its shape and color pattern, from which it can easily be distinguished by its paucispiral protoconch.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic Ocean (WoRMS Editorial Board 2020) and Mediterranean Sea ( GBIF 2020). Turkish coasts: Levantine Sea ( GBIF 2020) and Aegean Sea ( GBIF 2020).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Mangelia sandrii: ventral (A) and dorsal (B) views of a specimen and its protoconch (C) (A=B=3.8 mm).