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Family: Mangeliidae (See list of species below)

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126 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Bela blaneyi []	No picture found Bela brachystoma []	No picture found Bela chuni []
No picture found Bela clarae []	No picture found Bela confusum []	No picture found Bela cycladensis []
No picture found Bela decussata []	No picture found Bela fortis []	No picture found Bela fuscata []
No picture found Bela menkhorsti []	No picture found Bela minuta []	No picture found Bela nebula []
No picture found Bela oceanica []	No picture found Bela ornata []	No picture found Bela powisiana []
No picture found Bela septenvillei []	No picture found Bela turgida []	No picture found Bela zenetouae []
No picture found Bela zonata []	No picture found Gingicithara salisburyi []	Ithycythara auberiana []
No picture found Ithycythara chechoi []	No picture found Ithycythara cymella []	No picture found Ithycythara edithae []
No picture found Ithycythara fritillaria []	No picture found Ithycythara hyperlepta []	Ithycythara lanceolata [Spear mangelia]
No picture found Ithycythara muricoides []	No picture found Ithycythara parkeri [Parker's mangelid]	No picture found Ithycythara penelope []
Ithycythara psila []	No picture found Ithycythara rubricata []	No picture found Ithycythara septemcostata []
No picture found Mangilia orophoma []	No picture found Oenopota admetoides []	No picture found Oenopota alba []
No picture found Oenopota arctica []	No picture found Oenopota bicarinata [Two-keel turrid]	No picture found Oenopota bicarinatus []
No picture found Oenopota biconica []	No picture found Oenopota blaneyi []	No picture found Oenopota cancellata []
No picture found Oenopota casentina []	No picture found Oenopota cinerea []	No picture found Oenopota crebricostata []
No picture found Oenopota davisi []	No picture found Oenopota declivis []	Oenopota elegans [Elegant turrid]
No picture found Oenopota excurvata []	No picture found Oenopota fidicula []	No picture found Oenopota gilpini []
No picture found Oenopota greenlandica []	No picture found Oenopota hanazakiensis []	No picture found Oenopota harpa [Harp turrid]
No picture found Oenopota harpularioides []	No picture found Oenopota harveyi []	Oenopota impressa []
No picture found Oenopota kazusensis []	No picture found Oenopota koreni []	No picture found Oenopota kurilensis []
No picture found Oenopota levidensis [Lora]	No picture found Oenopota multicostata []	No picture found Oenopota murdochiana []
No picture found Oenopota novajasemljensis []	No picture found Oenopota obliqua []	No picture found Oenopota ogasawarana []
No picture found Oenopota okudai []	No picture found Oenopota ovalis []	No picture found Oenopota pingelii []
No picture found Oenopota pyramidalis []	No picture found Oenopota rathbuni []	No picture found Oenopota reticulata [Reticulate turrid]
No picture found Oenopota reticulatus []	No picture found Oenopota rubescens []	No picture found Oenopota rufus []
No picture found Oenopota sagamiana []	No picture found Oenopota schantaricum []	No picture found Oenopota simplex []
No picture found Oenopota triphera []	No picture found Oenopota turricula [Turriculate turrid]	No picture found Oenopota undata []
No picture found Oenopota undatella []	No picture found Propebela angulosa []	No picture found Propebela anomalapex []
No picture found Propebela arctica []	No picture found Propebela areta []	No picture found Propebela assimilis []
No picture found Propebela bergensis []	No picture found Propebela bogdanovi []	No picture found Propebela cancellatus []
No picture found Propebela cassis []	No picture found Propebela concinnula []	No picture found Propebela delicata []
No picture found Propebela diomedea []	No picture found Propebela exarata []	No picture found Propebela harpularia [Harp lora]
No picture found Propebela hinae []	No picture found Propebela kyurokusimana []	No picture found Propebela lateplicata []
No picture found Propebela marinae []	No picture found Propebela monterealis []	No picture found Propebela nivea []
Propebela nobilis [Noble lora]	No picture found Propebela pitysa []	No picture found Propebela profunda []
No picture found Propebela profundicola []	No picture found Propebela rubescens []	No picture found Propebela rugulata []
No picture found Propebela scalaris []	No picture found Propebela scalaroides []	No picture found Propebela siogamaensis []
No picture found Propebela smithi []	No picture found Propebela spitzbergensis []	No picture found Propebela subturgida []
No picture found Propebela svetlanae []	No picture found Propebela terpeniensis []	No picture found Propebela turricula []
No picture found Propebela venusta []	No picture found Propebela verrilli []	No picture found Propebela viridulum []
No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma alticostata []	No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys []	No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma obturata []
No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis []	No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma quisquilia []	No picture found Pseudorhaphitoma sexcostata []

126 Species of Family Mangeliidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bela blaneyi		Northwest Atlantic
Bela brachystoma		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela chuni		Western Indian Ocean
Bela clarae		Mediterranean Sea.
Bela confusum		Northeast Atlantic
Bela cycladensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela decussata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Bela fortis		Northeast Atlantic
Bela fuscata		Mediterranean Sea.
Bela menkhorsti		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela minuta		Northeast Atlantic
Bela nebula		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela oceanica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela ornata		Northeast Atlantic
Bela powisiana		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela septenvillei		Northeast Atlantic
Bela turgida		Northeast Atlantic
Bela zenetouae		Northeast Atlantic and th
Bela zonata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Gingicithara salisburyi		Western Indian Ocean	0.74 SHH
Ithycythara auberiana		Western Atlantic	0.8 DL
Ithycythara chechoi		Western Atlantic.	0.595 DL
Ithycythara cymella		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Ithycythara edithae		Western Central Atlantic
Ithycythara fritillaria		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Ithycythara hyperlepta		Western Atlantic.	0.79 DL
Ithycythara lanceolata	Spear mangelia	Western Atlantic.	1.12 DL
Ithycythara muricoides		Western Central Atlantic
Ithycythara parkeri	Parker's mangelid	Western Atlantic.	0.6 TL
Ithycythara penelope		Eastern Pacific.
Ithycythara psila		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Ithycythara rubricata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Ithycythara septemcostata		Indo-Pacific.
Mangilia orophoma		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Oenopota admetoides		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota alba		Northwest Pacific.
Oenopota arctica		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Oenopota bicarinata	Two-keel turrid	Arctic and Western Atlant
Oenopota bicarinatus		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Oenopota biconica		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota blaneyi		Western Atlantic.
Oenopota cancellata		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W	1.65 DL
Oenopota casentina		Eastern Central Pacific
Oenopota cinerea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Oenopota crebricostata		Canada
Oenopota davisi		Indian Ocean Antarctic	1.8 DL
Oenopota declivis		Atlantic Ocean.	1.56 DL
Oenopota elegans	Elegant turrid	Northern Atlantic and Arc
Oenopota excurvata		Northern Pacific.
Oenopota fidicula		Northeast Pacific
Oenopota gilpini		Western Atlantic.	0.65 DL
Oenopota greenlandica		Western Atlantic.
Oenopota hanazakiensis		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota harpa	Harp turrid	Northern Pacific, Northea
Oenopota harpularioides		Northeast Atlantic
Oenopota harveyi		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Oenopota impressa		Northeast Pacific, Northe
Oenopota kazusensis		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota koreni		Northeast Atlantic
Oenopota kurilensis		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota levidensis	Lora	Northern Pacific.
Oenopota multicostata		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Oenopota murdochiana		Arctic Ocean.
Oenopota novajasemljensis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Oenopota obliqua		Northern Atlantic and the	0.9 DL
Oenopota ogasawarana		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota okudai		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota ovalis		Arctic Ocean.
Oenopota pingelii		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
Oenopota pyramidalis		Northeast Pacific, Northe
Oenopota rathbuni		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Oenopota reticulata	Reticulate turrid	Northeast Atlantic and th
Oenopota reticulatus		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Oenopota rubescens		Northwest Atlantic
Oenopota rufus		Northwest Atlantic
Oenopota sagamiana		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota schantaricum		Northeast Atlantic
Oenopota simplex		Arctic
Oenopota triphera		Northwest Pacific
Oenopota turricula	Turriculate turrid	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Oenopota undata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Oenopota undatella		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Propebela angulosa		Northern Atlantic and the
Propebela anomalapex		Western Atlantic.	0.78 DL
Propebela arctica		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1 DL
Propebela areta		Northwest Pacific
Propebela assimilis		Northwest Atlantic and th
Propebela bergensis		Northeast Atlantic
Propebela bogdanovi		Arctic Sea.
Propebela cancellatus		Northwest Atlantic
Propebela cassis		Northwest Pacific
Propebela concinnula		Western Atlantic.	1.15 DL
Propebela delicata		Northwest Pacific
Propebela diomedea		Eastern Central Pacific
Propebela exarata		Northern Atlantic and the
Propebela harpularia	Harp lora	Arctic, Northern Pacific	1.7 DL
Propebela hinae		Northwest Pacific
Propebela kyurokusimana		Northwest Pacific
Propebela lateplicata		Western Atlantic.	1.23 DL
Propebela marinae		Northwest Pacific
Propebela monterealis		Eastern Central Pacific
Propebela nivea		Northwest Pacific
Propebela nobilis	Noble lora	Arctic, Northern Pacific
Propebela pitysa		Eastern Central Pacific
Propebela profunda		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.8 DL
Propebela profundicola		Eastern Central Pacific
Propebela rubescens		Western Atlantic.	0.89 DL
Propebela rugulata		Northern Atlantic and the
Propebela scalaris		Northern Atlantic and the
Propebela scalaroides		Northern Atlantic.
Propebela siogamaensis		Northwest Pacific
Propebela smithi		Eastern Central Pacific
Propebela spitzbergensis		Northern Atlantic and the
Propebela subturgida		Northwest Atlantic
Propebela svetlanae		Northwest Pacific
Propebela terpeniensis		Northwest Pacific
Propebela turricula		Arctic and Northern Atlan	0.95 DL
Propebela venusta		Northwest Pacific
Propebela verrilli		Northwest Pacific
Propebela viridulum		Northeast Atlantic
Pseudorhaphitoma alticostata		Western Central Pacific
Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudorhaphitoma obturata		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudorhaphitoma pyramidalis		Indo-Pacific	1.18 SHH
Pseudorhaphitoma quisquilia		Western Central Pacific
Pseudorhaphitoma sexcostata		Western Central Pacific

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