Bactrocythara labiosa

Bactrocythara labiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Bactrocythara labiosa
Drawing of a shell of Bactrocythara labiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Bactrocythara
Species:	B. labiosa
Binomial name
Bactrocythara labiosa (Smith E. A., 1872)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella labiosa Smith E. A., 1872 Philbertia thielei Knudsen, J., 1952

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The shell is obliquely longitudinally costate, transversely sulcate. The sulci are indistinct on the ribs. The whorls are angulated above . The color of the shell is white, with a pellucid zone below the suture.^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, West Africa, Ghana, Angola.