''Cytharopsis'' is a

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.Bouchet, P. (2011). Cytharopsis A. Adams, 1865. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432444 on 2017-04-26 Not to be confused with ''Citharopsis'' Pease, 1868, a synonym of ''

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Description

The fusiform shell is acuminate. The convex

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are cancellated with longitudinal ribs and transverse lirae. The

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is narrow. The outer

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is varicose. The

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is sillonated. The

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is curved to the left and elongated.A. Adams, ''On some new Genera of Mollusca from the Seas of Japan''; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1865, xv, 322
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Species

Species within the genus ''Cytharopsis'' include: * '' Cytharopsis butonensis'' (Schepman, 1913) * '' Cytharopsis cancellata'' A. Adams, 1865 * '' Cytharopsis exquisita'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) * '' Cytharopsis kyushuensis'' T. Shuto, 1965 * '' Cytharopsis radulina'' Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cytharopsis gracilis'' Pease, 1868: synonym of '' Seminella peasei'' (Martens & Langkavel, 1871) * ''Cytharopsis ornata'' Pease, 1868: synonym of '' Zafra ornata'' (Pease, 1868) * ''Cytharopsis solida'' (L.A. Reeve, 1846) : synonym of '' Eucithara solida'' (L.A. Reeve, 1846)

References

External links

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

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
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