Cytharopsis exquisita

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Cytharopsis exquisita
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Shell of Cytharopsis exquisita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cytharopsis
Species:
C. exquisita
Binomial name
Cytharopsis exquisita
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangilia exquisita(E.A. Smith, 1882)
  • Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) exquisitaE. A. Smith, 1882

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

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Description

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

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences