Mangelia taeniata

Mangelia taeniata, common name the filleted mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Subspecies

 * Mangelia taeniata major É.A.A. Locard & E. Caziot, 1900
 * Mangelia taeniata nivea (J.E. Cooper & H.B. Preston, 1910)

Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 7 mm.

The smooth, oblong fusiform shell has shouldered whorls. It is longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its color is whitish or yellowish brown, with conspicuous narrow brown revolving lines.

Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Apulia, Italy, and off Malta, Greece and Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.