Mazatlania fulgurata

Mazatlania fulgurata
Two views of a shell of Mazatlania fulgurata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mazatlania
Species: M. fulgurata
Binomial name
Mazatlania fulgurata
(Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Mazatlania hesperia Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Terebra arguta Gould, 1853
  • Terebra fulgurata Philippi, 1846 (original combination)
  • Terebra moolenbeeki Aubry, 1995

Mazatlania fulgurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

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