Citharomangelia quadrilineata

Citharomangelia quadrilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Citharomangelia quadrilineata
Original image of a shell of Citharomangelia quadrilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Citharomangelia
Species:
C. quadrilineata
Binomial name
Citharomangelia quadrilineata
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara quadrilineata G. B. Sowerby III, 1913 (original combination)
  • Eucithara quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

This is a smooth, white shell with a fusiform-ovate shape and without spiral striae. The spire is sharply conical and slightly convex. It contains 5 whorls. The longitudinal plicae are somewhat distant, and smoothly rounded. The four light fulvous lines crossing the body whorl seem to be a constant character. The body whorl measures about ⅔ of the total length of the shell. The aperture is narrow. The sinus is not very deep. The columella is straight and slightly denticled. The siphonal canal is short and very wide.[2]

R.N. Kilburn had doubts about the generic position of this species, because of the low, continuous, cord-like axial ribs and the smooth wide intervals.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Traits (2009). Citharomangelia quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433219 on 2017-04-10
  2. Sowerby G.B. III, 1913. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca. Ann. Mag. Nat.Hist. [8]12: 233–239, pI. 3
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