Citharomangelia pellucida | |
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Drawing of Citharomangelia pellucida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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Citharomangelia pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
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]
This marine species occurs off Madagascar, the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.