Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Borsoniidae Scientific name Typhlomangelia nivalis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Conoidea Genus Typhlomangelia Rank Species | |
Typhlomangelia nivalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
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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.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the British Isles, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, the Azores, Senegal
References
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