- Source: Citharomangelia richardi
Citharomangelia richardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 9 mm.
The shell has a biconic-fusiform shape. It shows 7-9 axial ribs on the later whorls. The spiral striae can only be seen under a lens. The outer lip has 9-12 plicae, with the posterior one nodiform.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Mozambique; also off Japan and New Caledonia.
References
Crosse, H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177–180.
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
"Citharomangelia richardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
MNHN, Paris: syntype
