Gingicithara notabilis

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

Gingicithara notabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Gingicithara
Species:	G. notabilis
Binomial name
Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
Cythara brunneolineata Preston, H.B., 1905 Eucithara euselma (Melvill & Standen, 1896) Eucithara euselma evanescens (var.) Bouge, J.L. & Ph. Dautzenberg, 1914 Mangilia eudeli Sowerby, G.B. III, 1901 Mangilia (Cythara) brunneolineata Preston, 1905 Mangilia (Cythara) euselma Melvill & Standen, 1896 Mangilia euselrna var. evanescens Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914 Mangilia quadrasi Boettger, 1895 Pleurotoma notabilis E. A. Smith, 1888 Pleurotorna (Mangilia) notabilis E. A. Smith, 1888 (original combination)

Description

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

This marine species occurs off South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia