Eucithara fasciata

Eucithara fasciata
Shell of Eucithara fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Eucithara
Species: E. fasciata
Binomial name
Eucithara fasciata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Cythara fasciata (Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
  • Mangilia fasciata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (original description)

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

R.J. Kilburn (1992) could not find sufficient grounds to distinguish Mangelia fasciata (Gray in Reeve (1846) from Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843) [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.

The ribs are latticed with conspicuous transverse striae. The shell is yellowish white, with a central, narrow, chestnut band.[3]>

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .

References

  1. ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eucithara fasciata
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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.

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