Cytharopsis exquisita
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| Cytharopsis exquisita | |
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| Shell of Cytharopsis exquisita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Cytharopsis |
| Species: | C. exquisita |
| Binomial name | |
| Cytharopsis exquisita (E. A. Smith, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cytharopsis exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
The shell is narrowly and distantly longitudinally ribbed, transversely very finely corded. It is whitish, lineated and banded with chestnut.[2]