Mangelia fordii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains mm, its diameter mm.
The ovate-fusiform shell is white. The shell contains 6 whorls, of which 2 smooth whorls in the protoconch. The subsequent whorls are slightly convex. This unpretending little shell has for its chief distinctive characters the 8 rounded ribs and fine spiral striation, and the outer lip is thickened within at a little distance from the acute margin. The small aperture is narrow. The columella shows a small callus. The siphonal canal is very short.
The habitat is unknown.