Eucithara pulchella
Eucithara pulchella is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
The shell is many ribbed, the ribs flexuous, narrow, the interstices very faintly reticulated. Its color is yellowish white, with several narrow chestnut bands interrupted by the ribs.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Queensland (Australia) and Tonga.
References
- WoRMS (2009). Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433752 on 2017-05-07
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- "Eucithara pulchella". 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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