Eucithara compressicosta is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Eucithara compressicosta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. compressicosta
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895)
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Synonyms | |
Cithara compressicosta Boettger, 1895 (original combination) |
Distribution
editThis marine species is found off the Philippines and the Mariana Islands.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8.2 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433705 on 2017-05-16
- Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachr. deutsch. Malacolozool. Gesell. 27(1-2): 1-20,41- 63