''Cytharopsis radulina'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Cytharopsis radulina Kuroda & Oyama, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433489 on 2017-04-27

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the

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; off

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and

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References

* Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). ''The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay''. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1–741 (Japanese text), 1–489 (English text), 1–51 (Index), pls 1–121.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cytharopsis Radulina radulina Gastropods described in 1971