Cythara coniformis | |
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Shell of Cythara coniformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Cythara |
Species: | C. coniformis |
Binomial name | |
Cythara coniformis (Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839) | |
Synonyms | |
Mangilia coniformis Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839 |
Cythara coniformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
The thin, whitish shell is rather transparent. It is faintly plicate on the upper part of the whorls and transversely very faintly striated.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Hawaii
References
- "Cythara coniformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences