Biology:Citharomangelia richardi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Two views of a shell of Citharomangelia richardi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Citharomangelia |
| Species: | C. richardi
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| Citharomangelia richardi (Crosse, 1869)
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Citharomangelia richardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 9 mm.
The shell has a biconic-fusiform shape. It shows 7-9 axial ribs on the later whorls. The spiral striae can only be seen under a lens. The outer lip has 9-12 plicae, with the posterior one nodiform.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mozambique; also off Japan and New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Citharomangelia richardi (Crosse, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433220 on 2017-04-10
- ↑ Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
- Crosse, H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177–180.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Citharomangelia richardi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_19371.shtml.
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
Wikidata ☰ Q13468725 entry
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