Mancinella armigera

Mancinella armigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Mancinella armigera
Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Mancinella
Species:
M. armigera
Binomial name
Mancinella armigera
Link, 1807
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846
  • Purpura armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822
  • Reishia armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Stramonita armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Thais armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Turbinella armigera (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 105.5 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Aldabra Atoll and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mancinella armigera Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396999 on 2019-01-06
  2. Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben
  • Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Purpura. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text
  • "Reishia armigera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

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