Mangelia paciniana ( Calcara 1839 )

Öztürk, Bilal, 2021, Mangelia (Gastropoda, Conoidea) species of the Turkish coasts with description of Mangelia vanaartseni sp. nov., Zootaxa 4933 (2), pp. 241-262 : 248-249

Mangelia paciniana ( Calcara 1839)

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Pleurotoma paciniana Calcara 1839: 7–8 , Pl. 1, fig.2

Material: 03.07.1995, Didim, Aegean Sea , on a Pinna sp. shell, 4 m, 1 spm ( ESFM-GAS/95-112 ) .

Remarks: M. paciniana has a shell with a multispiral protoconch and orthocline axial ribs on teleoconch whorls (on the body whorl 9 ribs). Posterior sinus well developed and limited with a fold on the labial side. A thick varix on the labrum. The species is very similar to Mangelia sandrii , from which it can be easily differentiated by its multispiral protoconch.

Distribution: Eastern Atlantic Ocean (WoRMS Editorial Board 2020). Turkish coasts: Levantine Sea, Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara (Özt̹rk et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Mangelia paciniana: ventral (A) and dorsal (B) views of a specimen and its protoconch (C) (A=B=4.4 mm)