Citharomangelia galigensis
Citharomangelia galigensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Citharomangelia galigensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Citharomangelia |
| Species: | C. galigensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Citharomangelia galigensis (Melvill, 1899) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
The shell is similar to Citharomangelia africana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) but the penultimate whorl only contains 7 axial ribs. The spiral sculpture is even more ill-defined.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf off Galig Island.
References
- WoRMS (2009). Citharomangelia galigensis (Melvill, 1899). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433217 on 2017-04-09
- Melvill J.C. 1899. Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. ; The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 4 , s. 7; London, 1899
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- 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
- "Citharomangelia galigensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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