Mangelia attenuata
Encyclopedia
Mangelia attenuata is a species of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Mangeliidae.
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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...
Mangeliidae.
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mmDistribution
This species is distributed in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, in European waters and in the Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
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