''Citharomangelia'' is a
genus
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of small predatory
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
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.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
.
[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''
(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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