Leiocithara porcellanea

Leiocithara porcellanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.1&nbsp;mm, its diameter 3.8&nbsp;mm. It is closely related to Leiocithara lischkei <small>(E. A. Smith, 1888)</small> from Japan, but otherwise it displays shell characters of both Leiocithara and Citharomangelia.

Distribution

This species occurs off Zululand, South Africa, at depths between 75 m and 160 m.

References

• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575

External links

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