Cythara oriza

Cythara oriza
Drawing of a shell of Cythara oriza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Cythara
Species: C. oriza
Binomial name
Cythara oriza
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Cythara oryza Hinds, 1843 (lapsus)
  • Eucithara oriza (Hinds, 1843)
  • Mangelia oriza Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

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

This species is considered a nomen dubium.

Description

The whitish, smooth, shining,and acuminate shell contains seven whorls with seven prominent plicate ribs. The length of the shell attains 12 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the north coast of New Guinea.

References

  1. ↑ Gastropods.com: Cythara oriza
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.

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