Cytharopsis

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Cytharopsis
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Cytharopsis cancellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cytharopsis
A. Adams, 1865
Type species
Cytharopsis cancellata
A. Adams, 1865
Species

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Synonyms [1]

CitharopsisA. Adams, 1865

Cytharopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

Contents

Not to be confused with CitharopsisPease, 1868, a synonym of Anarithma Iredale, 1916 (family Mitromorphidae).

Description

The fusiform shell is acuminate. The convex whorls of the spire are cancellated with longitudinal ribs and transverse lirae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is varicose. The columella is sillonated. The siphonal canal is curved to the left and elongated. [2] [3]

Species

Species within the genus Cytharopsis include:

Species brought into synonymy

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