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Eucithara turricula

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Species of gastropod

Eucithara turricula
Shell of Eucithara turricula (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species: E. turricula
Binomial name
Eucithara turricula
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Daphnella (Cithara) turricula (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia turricula Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Eucithara turricula is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm; its diameter 4.7 mm.

The whorls are rather flat The sutures are deep. The shoulder is very narrow. The color of the shell is whitish, sometimes with a central brown band, with fine brown revolving lines, invisible except with a lens.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433765 on 2017-05-08
  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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Taxon identifiers
Eucithara turricula
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