Citharomangelia galigensis

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

Citharomangelia galigensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Citharomangelia
Species:
C. galigensis
Binomial name
Citharomangelia galigensis
(Melvill, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia galigensis Melvill, 1899 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The shell is similar to Citharomangelia africana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) but the penultimate whorl only contains 7 axial ribs. The spiral sculpture is even more ill-defined.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf off Galig Island.

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Citharomangelia galigensis (Melvill, 1899). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433217 on 2017-04-09
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
  • "Citharomangelia galigensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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