Cythara triticea

Cythara triticea
Drawing of a shell of Cythara triticea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Cythara
Species: C. triticea
Binomial name
Cythara triticea
(Kiener, L.C., 1840)
Synonyms
  • Mangilia triticea (Kiener, L.C., 1840)
  • Pleurotoma triticea Kiener, 1840

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

This species is considered a nomen dubium.

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The longitudinal ribs are oblique. The transverse striae are very fine but distinct. The inner and outer lips are both corrugated. The shell is whitish, with a broad central brown band on the back of the body whorl, which when the shell is worn appears as a spot.[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found in the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. ↑ Gastropods.com: Cythara triticea
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Kiener, L. C. "Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.)." Genre (1839): 1.

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