''Citharomangelia'' is a
genus
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of small predatory
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
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.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Citharomangelia Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432428 on 2017-04-07]
Species
Species within the genus ''Citharomangelia'' include:
* ''
Citharomangelia africana''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
* ''
Citharomangelia bianca''
Bozzetti, 2018
* ''
Citharomangelia bicinctula''
(Nevill & Nevill, 1871)
* ''
Citharomangelia boakei''
(Nevill & Nevill, 1869)
* ''
Citharomangelia denticulata''
(E. A. Smith, 1884)
* ''
Citharomangelia elevata''
(E. A. Smith, 1884)
* ''
Citharomangelia galigensis''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''
Citharomangelia pellucida
''Citharomangelia pellucida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Gofas, S. (2015). Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Citharomangelia planilabroides''
(Tryon, 1884)
* ''
Citharomangelia quadrilineata''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
* ''
Citharomangelia richardi''
(Crosse, 1869)
* ''
Citharomangelia townsendi''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Citharomangelia bicinctula''
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871): synonym of ''Citharomangelia boakei''
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
References
Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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