Mangelia costulata

Mangelia costulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Mangelia costulata
Shells of Mangelia costulata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Mangelia
Species:	M. costulata
Binomial name
Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
Bela costulata (Risso, 1826) Bela costulata scacchii Nordsieck, 1972 Bela ornata (Locard, 1891) Cythara altenai Brackman, 1938 Mangelia altenai Brackman, 1938 (dubious synonym) Mangelia costulata Blainville, 1829 (specific name erroneously credited to Blainville ) Mangelia smithii (Forbes, 1840) Mangelia wareni Piani, 1980 Pleurotoma farrani Thompson W., 1845 Pleurotoma loeviana Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Pleurotoma smithii Forbes, 1840 Pleurotoma striolatum (Risso, 1826) sensu Philippi, 1844 Raphitoma exstriolata Cerulli-Irelli, 1910 Raphitoma ornata Locard, 1892 (original combination) Raphitoma rissoi Locard, 1886 Raphitoma strictum Locard, 1891 Raphitoma substriolata Harmer, 1918 (dubious synonym) Smithia striolata Monterosato, 1884 Smithiella costulata (Risso, 1826) Smithiella loeviana (Reeve, 1845)

Description

The shell is longitudinally ribbed continuing to the base of the body whorl, crossed by spiral striae. The sinus is broad and shallow. Its color is chestnut or horny brown, interior similarly colored.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.