Cytharopsis

Cytharopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Not to be confused with Citharopsis <small>Pease, 1868</small>, a synonym of Anarithma <small>Iredale, 1916</small> (family Mitromorphidae).

Description

The fusiform shell is acuminate. The convex whorls of the spire are cancellated with longitudinal ribs and transverse lirae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is varicose. The columella is sillonated. The siphonal canal is curved to the left and elongated.

Species

Species within the genus Cytharopsis include:

• Cytharopsis butonensis <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small>
• Cytharopsis cancellata <small>A. Adams, 1865</small>
• Cytharopsis exquisita <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small>
• Cytharopsis kyushuensis <small>T. Shuto, 1965</small>
• Cytharopsis radulina <small>Kuroda & Oyama, 1971</small>

• Cytharopsis gracilis <small>Pease, 1868</small>: synonym of Seminella peasei <small>(Martens & Langkavel, 1871)</small>
• Cytharopsis ornata <small>Pease, 1868</small>: synonym of Zafra ornata <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>
• Cytharopsis solida <small>(L.A. Reeve, 1846)</small> : synonym of Eucithara solida <small>(L.A. Reeve, 1846)</small>

References

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308