Citharomangelia pellucida

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Citharomangelia pellucida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Citharomangelia
Species:
C. pellucida
Binomial name
Citharomangelia pellucida
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathromangelia pellucida(Reeve, 1846)
  • Cythara pellucida(Reeve, 1846)
  • Eucithara pellucida(Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia pellucidaReeve, 1846
  • Mangilia pellucidaReeve, 1846

Citharomangelia pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The ovate shell is attenuated at both ends, smooth, transparent, shining, longitudinally closely ribbed. The color of the shell is whitish, brown at the base, sometimes with three narrow, interrupted bands. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556043 on 2016-04-11
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI? p. 266; 1884 (described as Mangilia pellucida)