Citharomangelia pellucida

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

Citharomangelia pellucida
Drawing of Citharomangelia pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Citharomangelia
Species:
C. pellucida
Binomial name
Citharomangelia pellucida
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathromangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cythara pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Eucithara pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia pellucida Reeve, 1846
  • Mangilia pellucida Reeve, 1846

Description

The ovate shell is attenuated at both ends, smooth, transparent, shining, longitudinally closely ribbed. The color of the shell is whitish, brown at the base, sometimes with three narrow, interrupted bands.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556043 on 2016-04-11
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI? p. 266; 1884 (described as Mangilia pellucida)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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.


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