Eucithara marginelloides

Eucithara marginelloides
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara marginelloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Eucithara
Species: E. marginelloides
Binomial name
Eucithara marginelloides
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia marginelloides Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

The interstices of the longitudinal ribs are either smooth or more or less thickly covered with fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish or ashwhite, with fine, rather close chestnut revolving lines, sometimes interrupted by the ribs, sometimes crossing them, sometimes obsolete. The shoulder is usually tinged with chocolate.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Guinea and New Caledonia.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433741 on 2017-05-06
  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.
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