Biology:Cytharopsis cancellata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Cytharopsis cancellata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Cytharopsis cancellata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cytharopsis |
| Species: | C. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cytharopsis cancellata A. Adams, 1865
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Cytharopsis cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.
The shell is acuminated above and below. It is reddish brown. The spire and the aperture are equal in length. The whorls are convex; longitudinally costellate, transversely lirate, closely elegantly cancellate. The body whorl is produced and acuminated below.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan , and the Philippines ; in the East China Sea.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2009). Cytharopsis cancellata A. Adams, 1865. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433487 on 2017-04-27
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- A. Adams, On some new Genera of Mollusca from the Seas of Japan; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1865, xv, 322
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
- "Cytharopsis cancellata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_41440.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6735042 entry
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