Clathromangelia Explained

Clathromangelia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae .

The species in this genus lack a radula.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Clathromangelia include:

• Clathromangelia coffea Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
• † Clathromangelia fenestrata (Millet, 1865)
• Clathromangelia fuscoligata (Dall, 1871)
• Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844)
• † Clathromangelia libyca (Cuvillier, 1933)
• Clathromangelia loiselieri Oberling, 1970
• † Clathromangelia quadrillum (Dujardin, 1837)
• Clathromangelia rhyssa (Dall, 1919)
• Clathromangelia strigilata (Pallary, 1904)
• Clathromangelia variegata (Carpenter, 1864)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Clathromangelia delosensis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Clathromangelia granum (Philippi, 1844)
• Clathromangelia fehri van Aartsen & Zenetou, 1987: synonym of Clathromangelia loiselieri Oberling, 1970
• Clathromangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846)

References

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
• Oliverio M. (1995). The systematics of the radula-less gastropod Clathromangelia (Caenogastropoda, Conoidea). Zoologica Scripta 24(3): 193-201
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308

Notes and References

1. Oliverio M. (1995). The systematics of the radula-less gastropod Clathromangelia (Caenogastropoda, Conoidea). Zoologica Scripta 24(3): 193-201