Citharomangelia elevata

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Citharomangelia elevata is a small sea snail in the Mangeliidae family. It lives in the Persian Gulf.

Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Caenogastropoda
- Order: Neogastropoda
- Superfamily: Conoidea
- Family: Mangeliidae
- Genus: Citharomangelia
- Species: elevata
- Binomial name: Citharomangelia elevata
- Synonyms: Cithara elevata; Cythara elevata

Description
- Size: shell length up to 15 mm; diameter about 4 mm
- Shape: white, spindle-shaped (fusiform) shell with 9 whorls (about 2–3 in the initial smooth part, called the protoconch)
- Spire: long, taking a little more than half of the shell’s length
- Color: faint pale olive tint between the ribs near the shoulder
- Ribs: 10 straight axial ribs on the second-to-last whorl
- Aperture: slightly narrow and long
- Outer lip: thickened at the lowest rib and slightly indented at the top
- Siphonal canal: short and fairly narrow

Notes
- This species is a marine snail (gastropod) and is part of the Conoidea group within Neogastropoda.