Eucithara vitiensis

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

Eucithara vitiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. vitiensis
Binomial name
Eucithara vitiensis
(E. A. Smith, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara vitiensis E. A. Smith, 1884 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.2 mm, its diameter 4.3 mm.

The shell has an ovate fusiform shape with a narrow base. Its color is dirty white There is a faint indication of spiral banding . The shell contains 8 whorls, of which two smooth conical whorls in the protoconch. The rest are convex with a shallow suture. The 12 opisthocline, almost straight axial ribs (11 on the penultimate whorl) are rounded and are wider than the intervals, not becoming weak below suture. The ribs are crossed by fine, flattened threads. The inner lip is smooth or with two small denticles at each end. The ovate aperture is narrow and measures about 10/23 the total length. The columella is callous. The outer lip is incrassate with 11 short denticles. The wide siphonal canal is very short and straight.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara vitiensis (E. A. Smith, 1884). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433772 on 2017-05-22
  2. Smith E.A. 1884a. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Natural History {5} 14: 317-329.
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