Cytharopsis_exquisita

<i>Cytharopsis exquisita</i>

Cytharopsis exquisita

Species of gastropod

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.

References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Smith, E.A. (1882b) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 296–306
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