Eucithara fasciata

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Eucithara fasciata
Cythara fasciata 001.jpg
Shell of Eucithara fasciata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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.

External links[]

  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Cythara fasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Discover Life: Eucithara fasciata
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