Eucithara fasciata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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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. fasciata
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| Eucithara fasciata (Reeve, 1846)
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R.J. Kilburn (1992) could not find sufficient grounds to distinguish Mangelia fasciata (Gray in Reeve (1846) from Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)[2]
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.
The ribs are latticed with conspicuous transverse striae. The shell is yellowish white, with a central, narrow, chestnut band.[3]>
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Madagascar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
References
edit- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eucithara fasciata
- ^ Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
- ^ 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
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- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- "Cythara fasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Discover Life: Eucithara fasciata