Eucithara solida is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Eucithara solida | |
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| Shell of Eucithara solida | |
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. solida
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7 mm. The purplish shell is solid. It is very closely granosely latticed throughout.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is found off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433758 on 2017-04-27
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences