Citharomangelia richardi

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

Citharomangelia richardi
Two views of a shell of Citharomangelia richardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Citharomangelia
Species:
C. richardi
Binomial name
Citharomangelia richardi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara richardi Crosse, 1869 (original combination)
  • Mangilia (Cithara) richardi Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914
  • Mangilia cinnamomea peraffinis Pilsbry, 1904

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. 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
  2. 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Citharomangelia richardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: syntype
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