Citharomangelia denticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Traits (2009). Citharomangelia denticulata (E. A. Smith, 1884). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433215 on 2017-04-09
Description The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
This is a narrow, elongated species. It contains 9 (?) whorls (the protoconch has been lost). The 6 remaining whorls are convex and a show a faint indication of spiral striation. It contains 12 axial ribs on the penultimate whorl. The aperture is narrow and long. It measures about half of the total length of the shell. The outer lip shows 9 small denticles and is slightly sinuate at the top. The columella has only faint indication of denticles. The siphonal canal is short. The color of the shell is white with brown bands in the sutures.E.A. Smith, 1884: 1884a. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat.Hist. {5} 14: 317–329
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575