Hemicythara angicostata

Hemicythara angicostata
	Drawing of a shell of Hemicythara angicostata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Hemicythara
Species:	H. angicostata
Binomial name
	Hemicythara angicostata; (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
	Cithara melanostoma Garrett, A., 1873; Mangilia angicostata (Reeve, 1846); Pleurotoma angicostata Reeve, 1846 (original combination); Pleurotoma scalata Souverbie, S.M. in Souverbie, S.M. & R.P. Montrouzier, 1874;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The shell is turreted. The whorls are distinctly shouldered, with a few distant small longitudinal ribs, extending to the suture, and much wider interspaces. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown to white. The columella is chocolate tinged, often with a narrow interrupted chocolate central line.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan and New Caledonia.

References

WoRMS (2009). Hemicythara angicostata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433993 on 2017-07-15
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia angicostata)

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Hemicythara angicostata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433993 on 2017-07-15

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia angicostata)