Cythara coniformis
| Cythara coniformis | |
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| Shell of Cythara coniformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cythara |
| Species: | C. coniformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cythara coniformis (Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia coniformis Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839 | |
Cythara coniformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
The thin, whitish shell is rather transparent. It is faintly plicate on the upper part of the whorls and transversely very faintly striated.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Hawaii
References
[edit]- ^ "Cythara coniformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences