Eucithara eumerista

Eucithara eumerista is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Eucithara eumerista
Original image of a shell of Eucithara eumerista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. eumerista
Binomial name
Eucithara eumerista
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucithara signa J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896, 1897
  • Mangilia eumerista Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination)
  • Mangilia signum Melvill & Standen, 1896

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

This is a pure white ovate species, very smooth white and shining. The shell contains 6 whorls, ventricose, roundly longitudinally costate. On the body whorl there are just below the sutures brown spots between the ribs in one transverse line, and also subpellucid linear marking. The outer lip and columella are both much denticled. The sinus is not very deep or conspicuous.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Queensland (Australia).

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433721 on 2017-05-09
  2. Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Eucithara eumerista". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
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