''Cithna'' is a

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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 ...

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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 Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Cithna'' include: * '' Cithna globosa'' A. Adams, 1863 * '' Cithna margaritifera'' (R. B. Watson, 1880) * † '' Cithna pilsbryi'' Richards 1947 * '' Cithna spirata'' A. Adams, 1863 ;Synonyms: * ''Cithna carinata'' Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of '' Haloceras carinata'' (Jeffreys, 1883) * ''Cithna cingulata'' Verrill, 1884 is a synonym of '' Haloceras cingulata'' (Verrill, 1884) * ''Cithna jeffreysi'' (Dautzenberg, 1889) is a synonym of ''

Benthonella tenella ''Benthonella tenella'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil. Description The maximum recorded shell ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1869) * ''Cithna marshalli'' Sykes, 1925 is a synonym of '' Iphitus marshalli'' (Sykes, 1925) * ''Cithna naticiformis'' Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of '' Choristella nofronii'' McLean, 1992 * ''Cithna tenella'' (Jeffreys, 1869): synonym of ''

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References

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