Perimangelia nitens

Perimangelia nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Perimangelia nitens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Perimangelia
Species:	P. nitens
Binomial name
Perimangelia nitens (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
Mangelia pulchrior Dall, W.H., 1921 Mangelia (variegata) nitens Carpenter, 1864 (original combination) Perimangelia variegata nitens (Carpenter, 1864)

Description

The shell is similar to Clathromangelia variegata (Carpenter, 1864), but it has a chestnut and a white band.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest USA, from Monterey, California, to Magdalena Bay, Lower California

References

1. Traits (2009). Perimangelia nitens (Carpenter, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435279 on 2017-12-12
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia interlirata)

• Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• McLean J. H. (2000). Four new genera for northeastern Pacific gastropods. The Nautilus. 114: 99-102

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.