Cythara coniformis

Cythara coniformis
Shell of Cythara coniformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cythara
Species:	C. coniformis
Binomial name
Cythara coniformis (Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839)
Synonyms
Mangilia coniformisGray, 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

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

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, United States.

References

1. "Cythara coniformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.