Gingicithara pessulata

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

Gingicithara pessulata
Drawing of a shell of Gingicithara pessulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Gingicithara
Species:
G. pessulata
Binomial name
Gingicithara pessulata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia pessulata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Rhaphitoma [sic] pessulata; Boettger, 1905

Description

The shell of the adult snail attains 11 mm.

The whorls are not shouldered and rather flat They are rather numerously flexuously longitudinally ribbed. The interstices show revolving striae. The shell is whitish.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara pessulata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433885 on 2017-06-18
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia pessulata)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
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