Bactrocythara candeana

Bactrocythara candeana
Shell of Bactrocythara candeana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bactrocythara
Species:
B. candeana
Binomial name
Bactrocythara candeana
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella candeana d'Orbigny, 1847

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

The spire of the whitish shell is longitudinally plicate. The body whorl lacks sculpture except a few revolving lines at the base.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe; Martinique; on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bactrocythara candeana (d'Orbigny, 1847). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532426 on 2017-03-11
  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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