Leiocithara angulata

Leiocithara angulata
Drawing of a shell of Leiocithara angulata
Scientific classification
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]

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

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434187 on 2017-04-28
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575