Bactrocythara labiosa

Bactrocythara labiosa
Drawing of a shell of Bactrocythara labiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Bactrocythara
Species: B. labiosa
Binomial name
Bactrocythara labiosa
(Smith E. A., 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella labiosa Smith E. A., 1872
  • Philbertia thielei Knudsen, J., 1952

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The shell is obliquely longitudinally costate, transversely sulcate. The sulci are indistinct on the ribs. The whorls are angulated above . The color of the shell is white, with a pellucid zone below the suture.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, West Africa, Ghana, Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Bactrocythara labiosa (Smith E. A., 1872).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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