Cythara striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Cythara striata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cythara |
| Species: | C. striata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cythara striata Schumacher, 1817
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This species is considered a nomen dubium.
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.
The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, or yellowish white, banded narrowly and numerously with chestnut.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Moluccas and the Solomon Islands.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Cythara striata Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578273 on 2012-12-28
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia citharella)