Cytharopsis exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Cytharopsis exquisita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cytharopsis |
| Species: | C. exquisita
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| Binomial name | |
| Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
The shell is narrowly and distantly longitudinally ribbed, transversely very finely corded. It is whitish, lineated and banded with chestnut.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433488 on 2017-04-27
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Smith, E.A. (1882b) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 296–306