Cythara coniformis

Cythara coniformis
Shell of Cythara coniformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cythara
Species:
C. coniformis
Binomial name
Cythara coniformis
(Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839)
Synonyms

Mangilia coniformis Gray, J.E. & G.B. Sowerby II, 1839

Cythara coniformis 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 9 mm.

The thin, whitish shell is rather transparent. It is faintly plicate on the upper part of the whorls and transversely very faintly striated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, United States.

References

  1. ^ "Cythara coniformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  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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