Eucithara angela

Eucithara angela
Shell of Eucithara angela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Eucithara
Species: E. angela
Binomial name
Eucithara angela
(Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara angela Adams & Angas, 1864 (original combination)
  • Cithara balansai Crosse, 1873
  • Eucithara balansai J.C.H. Crosse, 1873
  • Mangilia angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Mangilia (Cithara) balansai Bonge and Dautzenberg, 1914

Eucithara angela is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433685 on 2017-04-30
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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