Cythara oriza
Cythara oriza is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Cythara oriza | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Cythara oriza | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cythara |
| Species: | C. oriza |
| Binomial name | |
| Cythara oriza (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms | |
This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description
The whitish, smooth, shining, and acuminate shell contains seven whorls with seven prominent plicate ribs. The length of the shell attains 12 mm.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the north coast of New Guinea.
References
- "Cythara oriza". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.
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