Eucithara dubiosa is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Eucithara dubiosa | |
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| Image of a shell of Eucithara dubiosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. dubiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cythara dubiosa Nevill & Nevill, 1875 (original combination) | |
Distribution
editThis marine species is found off Mauritius and the Andaman Islands.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.
The color of the shell is white, with a broad brown stain on the back of the body whorl. The ribs are narrow, straight, not on the shoulder. The interstices are closely striated.[2]
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433716 on 2017-05-16
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. 1875. Descriptions of nine marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. 1. Asiatic Soc. Bengal [n.s.] 44(2): 8~104, pis 7,8.