Cythara oriza
Appearance
Cythara oriza | |
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Drawing of a shell of Cythara oriza | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cythara |
Species: | C. oriza
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Binomial name | |
Cythara oriza (Hinds, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
Cythara oriza 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 whitish, smooth, shining, and acuminate shell contains seven whorls with seven prominent plicate ribs. The length of the shell attains 12 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the north coast of New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cythara oriza". 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
- Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.