Cythara coniformis
Appearance
Cythara coniformis | |
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Shell of Cythara coniformis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cythara |
Species: | C. coniformis
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Binomial name | |
Cythara coniformis (Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839)
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Synonyms | |
Mangilia coniformis Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839 |
Cythara coniformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
The thin, whitish shell is rather transparent. It is faintly plicate on the upper part of the whorls and transversely very faintly striated.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Hawaii
References
[edit]- ^ "Cythara coniformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences