Leiocithara translucens

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Transkei, South Africa, at a depth between 50 m and 120 m.

References

• Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 pp. 73–163
• 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.