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Benthomangelia macra

Index Benthomangelia macra

Benthomangelia macra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

18 relations: Aperture (mollusc), Apex (mollusc), Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Body whorl, Brazil, Columella (gastropod), Family (biology), Florida, Gastropoda, Lip (gastropod), Mangeliidae, Mediterranean Sea, Mollusca, Sea snail, Siphonal canal, Spire (mollusc), Whorl (mollusc).

Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where the head-foot part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.

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Apex (mollusc)

In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the shell of a mollusk.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Azores

The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

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Body whorl

The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Columella (gastropod)

The columella (meaning "little column") or (in older texts) pillar is a central anatomical feature of a coiled snail shell, a gastropod shell.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Gastropoda

The gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda.

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Lip (gastropod)

In the shell of gastropod mollusks (a snail shell), the lip is the free margin of the peristome (synonym: peritreme) or aperture (the opening) of the gastropod shell.

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Mangeliidae

Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in saltwater, in other words marine gastropods.

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Siphonal canal

The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda.

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Spire (mollusc)

A spire is a part of the coiled shell of molluscs.

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Whorl (mollusc)

A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benthomangelia_macra

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