Eucithara turricula is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Eucithara turricula | |
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Shell of Eucithara turricula (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. turricula
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 12.5 mm; its diameter 4.7 mm.
The whorls are rather flat The sutures are deep. The shoulder is very narrow. The color of the shell is whitish, sometimes with a central brown band, with fine brown revolving lines, invisible except with a lens.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433765 on 2017-05-08
- ^ 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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