Leiocithara angulata
Drawing of a shell of Leiocithara angulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Leiocithara
Species:
L. angulata
Binomial name
Leiocithara angulata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara angulata Brazier, 1876
  • Eucithara angulata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia angulata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Leiocithara angulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The whorls are sharply angulated, with a few sharp narrow longitudinal ribs, crossing the shoulder to the suture, no revolving striae. The shell is yellowish brown, lineated with pale chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia

References

  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1โ€“8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.


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