Leiocithara musae

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Leiocithara musae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. musae
Binomial name
Leiocithara musae
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]

Mangelia musaeThiele, 1925 (original combination)

Leiocithara musae 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 6.3 mm.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species occurs off Zanzibar; Mozambique and South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Leiocithara macrocephala (Thiele, 1925). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434192 on 2017-08-03