Hemicythara angicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Hemicythara angicostata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Hemicythara |
| Species: | H. angicostata
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| Hemicythara angicostata (Reeve, 1846)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm.
The shell is turreted. The whorls are distinctly shouldered, with a few distant small longitudinal ribs, extending to the suture, and much wider interspaces. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown to white. The columella is chocolate tinged, often with a narrow interrupted chocolate central line.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Taiwan and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Hemicythara angicostata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433993 on 2017-07-15
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia angicostata)
