Leiocithara angulata
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| Leiocithara angulata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Leiocithara angulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Leiocithara |
| Species: | L. angulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leiocithara angulata (Reeve, 1846) | |
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Leiocithara angulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
The whorls are sharply angulated, with a few sharp narrow longitudinal ribs, crossing the shoulder to the suture, no revolving striae. The shell is yellowish brown, lineated with pale chestnut.[2]
