Cytharopsis kyushuensis

Cytharopsis kyushuensis
Apertural view of a shell of Cytharopsis kyushuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Cytharopsis
Species: C. kyushuensis
Binomial name
Cytharopsis kyushuensis
(Shuto, T., 1965)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the East China Sea; off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  • Shuto, Tsugio. Turrid Gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene Moeshima Shell Bed. Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 1965.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

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