Cryoturris citronella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Cryoturris citronella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cryoturris
Species:
C. citronella
Binomial name
Cryoturris citronella
(Dall, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryoturris cruzana Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Kurtziella citronella (Dall, 1886)
  • Kurtziella cruzana G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Pleurotoma citronella Dall, 1886 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm.

This marine species has a very minute brown tilted protoconch, followed by three trochoid larval whorls. The brilliant yellow spire is markedly shorter than the body whorl, with inflated whorls. The shell contains twelve transverse riblets. There is no varix, and a very faint sutural notch, while the suture is distinct and not appressed. The four larval whorls are prettily marked with transverse concave ripples.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to the Virgin Islands; in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba[3] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • "Kurtziella citronella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295.