Gingicithara notabilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Gingicithara |
| Species: | G. notabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888)
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Gingicithara notabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell of the adult snail varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.
The spiral striations are deep and are placed in pairs. The yellowish bands are not very conspicuous, but on the back of the body whorl one of them at the suture and one in the middle of the outer lip become of a deep brown or chestnut colour.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia
References[edit]
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433884 on 2017-06-27
- ^ Smith, E. A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6th ser. v.2.
External links[edit]
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa. 682:1–1295.
- Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
- "Gingicithara notabilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: Gingicithara notabilis