Eucithara planilabrum

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

Eucithara planilabrum
Image of a shell of Eucithara planilabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. planilabrum
Binomial name
Eucithara planilabrum
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Cithara) planilabrum (Reeve, 1843)
  • Pleurotoma planilabrum Reeve, 1843 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 17 mm.

The shell isovately oblong. Its color is reddish brown. The whorls are onvex, lineated spirally, ribbed longitudinally, ribs almost obsolete. The aperture is oblong. The red outer lip is flat and denticulated within. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Timor.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara planilabrum (Reeve, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433751 on 2017-05-21
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Eucithara planilabrum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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