Cytharopsis exquisita
Appearance
Cytharopsis exquisita | |
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Shell of Cytharopsis exquisita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cytharopsis |
Species: | C. exquisita
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Binomial name | |
Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cytharopsis exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
The shell is narrowly and distantly longitudinally ribbed, transversely very finely corded. It is whitish, lineated and banded with chestnut.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433488 on 2017-04-27
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.