Eucithara conohelicoides

Eucithara conohelicoides
Shell of Eucithara conohelicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Eucithara
Species: E. conohelicoides
Binomial name
Eucithara conohelicoides
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara onager (Souverbie, S.M., 1875)
  • Eucithara onager (S.M. Souverbie, 1875)
  • Mangelia conohelicoides Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Cithara) onager Souverbie, 1875

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The shell is longitudinally many ridged, transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white, with sometimes a large orange-brown blotch on the back of the body-whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara conohelicoides. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433708 on 2017-05-03
  2. ↑ 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.
  • Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296. page(s): 286, pl. 13 fig. 4
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
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