Eucithara dubiosa

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

Eucithara dubiosa
Image of a shell of Eucithara dubiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. dubiosa
Binomial name
Eucithara dubiosa
(Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Synonyms

Cythara dubiosa Nevill & Nevill, 1875 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species is found off Mauritius and the Andaman Islands.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.

The color of the shell is white, with a broad brown stain on the back of the body whorl. The ribs are narrow, straight, not on the shoulder. The interstices are closely striated.[2]

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433716 on 2017-05-16
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. 1875. Descriptions of nine marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. 1. Asiatic Soc. Bengal [n.s.] 44(2): 8~104, pis 7,8.
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