Leiocithara angulata

Leiocithara angulata
Drawing of a shell of Leiocithara angulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species: L. angulata
Binomial name
Leiocithara angulata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara angulata Brazier, 1876
  • Eucithara angulata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia angulata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Leiocithara angulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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. 1 2 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
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