Cythara glareosa

Cythara glareosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Cythara glareosa
Original image of a shell of Cythara glareosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cythara
Species:	C. glareosa
Binomial name
Cythara glareosa (Gould, A.A., 1860)
Synonyms
Eucithara glariosa (A.A. Gould, 1860) Mangelia glariosa Gould, A.A., 1860 Mangilia glariosa Gould, A.A., 1860

This species is considered a nomen dubium.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa; in the Indian Ocean; off Hong Kong.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.
• Smithsonian Institution: Mangelia glareosa
• R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964