Clathromangelia fuscoligata
Encyclopedia
Clathromangelia fuscoligata is a species of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Clathurellidae
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, longitudinally and spirally. The color of the shell is brownish white, brown-banded at the suture, and in the middle of the body whorl
. The nodulous intersections of the sculpture are frequently brown-tipped.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Clathurellidae
Clathurellidae
Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Description
The shell is strongly sculpturedSculpture (mollusc)
The sculpture of a mollusc shell is the three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface, as distinct from the basic shape of the shell itself or colouration. Sculpture may be concave as well as convex. Sometimes it has microscopic detail. Sculpture refers to the calcareous outer layer, not the...
, longitudinally and spirally. The color of the shell is brownish white, brown-banded at the suture, and in the middle of the body whorl
Body whorl
Body whorl is part of the morphology of a coiled gastropod mollusk.- In gastropods :In gastropods, the body whorl, or last whorl, is the most recently-formed and largest whorl of a spiral or helical shell, terminating in the aperture...
. The nodulous intersections of the sculpture are frequently brown-tipped.