Cytharopsis cancellata

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

Cytharopsis cancellata
Apertural view of a shell of Cytharopsis cancellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Cytharopsis
Species:	C. cancellata
Binomial name
Cytharopsis cancellata A. Adams, 1865

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

The shell is acuminated above and below. It is reddish brown. The spire and the aperture are equal in length. The whorls are convex; longitudinally costellate, transversely lirate, closely elegantly cancellate. The body whorl is produced and acuminated below.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, and the Philippines; in the East China Sea.