User:Hooter18/Mancinella armigera

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Scientific name: Mancinella armigera

Description: (Anatomy & morphology):

Mancinella armigera or the Armored dye shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.,

These large drupes have thick, spindle shaped shells covered by blunt tubercles, the aperture is yellowish brown.. Common along some exposed rocky coasts at depths of 10-40ft, the shells are typically covered with a pink coralline algae.. They often occur in pairs; the species name means “bearing arms” to about 3 in. But they are harmless to humans.

Shell: biconic, spire projecting; massive, two rows of projecting noodles on the last whorl; white, aperture yellow. Spire: Projecting and acuminate;  suture shallow. Sculpture: eight axial ribs with two rows of prominent tubercles encircling the last whorl, A single spiral of tubercles on the other whorls; spiral sculpture of fine striae. Aperture; ovate; Outer lips slightly thickened, with six denticles; columella with a single absolute plait;siphonal fasciole Modernly developed.

Color: white, aperture yellow. Shell often covered with a thick calcareous deposit.

Biology:  This species is a non broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trochophore stage. Also Ref. 833

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

Habitat: milieu/ climate zone/ depth range/ distribution range:  benthic tropical. These gastropods occur at the outer edge of fringing reefs and subtitle lava shoulders exposed to heavy wave action.

Human use: Collected for food by coastal populations. (Ref. 349).