Cythara oriza

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

Cythara oriza
Drawing of a shell of Cythara oriza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cythara
Species:	C. oriza
Binomial name
Cythara oriza (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Cythara oryza Hinds, 1843 (lapsus) Eucithara oriza (Hinds, 1843) Mangelia oriza Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

This species is considered a nomen dubium.

Description

The whitish, smooth, shining, and acuminate shell contains seven whorls with seven prominent plicate ribs. The length of the shell attains 12 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the north coast of New Guinea.