Leiocithara angulata

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Leiocithara angulata
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Drawing of a shell of Leiocithara angulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. angulata
Binomial name
Leiocithara angulata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cythara angulataBrazier, 1876
  • Eucithara angulata(Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia angulataReeve, 1846 (original combination)

Leiocithara angulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The whorls are sharply angulated, with a few sharp narrow longitudinal ribs, crossing the shoulder to the suture, no revolving striae. The shell is yellowish brown, lineated with pale chestnut. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia

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