Eucithara grata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Eucithara grata | |
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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. grata
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara grata (E. A. Smith, 1884)
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Synonyms | |
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) grata E. A. Smith, 1884 |
According to Kilburn (1992) this species is very doubtfully referred to the genus Eucithara.[2]
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 2.8 mm.
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara grata (E. A. Smith, 1884). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433729 on 2017-05-17
- ^ 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
- Dautzenberg P. 1932. Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Supplement.J. Conchyliol. 76(1); 4-119, pI. 1.