title: Curtitoma contraria
text: # Curtitoma contraria
  
  Curtitoma contraria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.
  
  It is the only known species with a sinistral shell within the family Mangeliidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.
  
  The Curtitoma contraria has a benthos functional group, and is a predator.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs off Taiwan.
  
  