Gingicithara pessulata

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| taxon =Gingicithara pessulata

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| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Gingicithara pessulata

| authority =(Reeve, 1846)

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  • Mangelia pessulata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Rhaphitoma [sic] pessulata; Boettger, 1905

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Gingicithara pessulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara pessulata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433885 on 2017-06-18

Description

The shell of the adult snail attains 11 mm.

The whorls are not shouldered and rather flat They are rather numerously flexuously longitudinally ribbed. The interstices show revolving striae. The shell is whitish.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] (described as Mangilia pessulata)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.