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

Eucithara celebensis
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara celebensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. celebensis
Binomial name
Eucithara celebensis
(Hinds in Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Cithara eupoecila Hervier, 1897
  • Cythara optabilis Sowerby, 1907
  • Cythara pessulata Brazier, 1876
  • Mangelia celebensis Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Mangilia psalterium Melvill & Standen, 1896

Distribution

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This marine species is found off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is smooth. It is plicately ribbed with the ribs rather distant. Its color is light yellowish and brown banded.[2]

References

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  • Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16-21, 36-46, 255-257
  • Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151-162
  • 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(9): 273-315, pls 9-11
  • Hervier, J. 1897. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47-69, pls 2-3
  • Sowerby, G.B III. 1907. Descriptions of new Marine Mollusca from New Caledonia, etc. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(5): 299-303
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Eucithara celebensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Hawaiian Shell News, June 1 2001