Cytharopsis exquisita

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

Cytharopsis exquisita
Shell of Cytharopsis exquisita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cytharopsis
Species:
C. exquisita
Binomial name
Cytharopsis exquisita
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia exquisita (E.A. Smith, 1882)
  • Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) exquisita E. A. Smith, 1882

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

The shell is narrowly and distantly longitudinally ribbed, transversely very finely corded. It is whitish, lineated and banded with chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433488 on 2017-04-27
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Smith, E.A. (1882b) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 296–306
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