Bactrocythara candeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bactrocythara candeana (d'Orbigny, 1847). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532426 on 2017-03-11
Description The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
The spire of the whitish shell is longitudinally plicate. The body whorl lacks sculpture except a few revolving lines at the base.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe; Martinique; on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295. Image of a shell of Bactrocythara candeana