Bactrocythara candeana
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| Bactrocythara candeana | |
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| Shell of Bactrocythara candeana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocythara |
| Species: | B. candeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocythara candeana (d'Orbigny, 1847) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella candeana d'Orbigny, 1847 | |
Bactrocythara candeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
The spire of the whitish shell is longitudinally plicate. The body whorl lacks sculpture except a few revolving lines at the base.[2]
