Biology:Eucithara celebensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara celebensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. celebensis
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| Eucithara celebensis (Hinds in Reeve, 1846)
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Eucithara celebensis is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species is found off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.
The shell is smooth. It is plicately ribbed with the ribs rather distant. Its color is light yellowish and brown banded.[2]
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara celebensis. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433701 on 2017-05-15
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16-21, 36-46, 255-257
- Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151-162
- Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1896. Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8(9): 273-315, pls 9-11
- Hervier, J. 1897. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47-69, pls 2-3
- Sowerby, G.B III. 1907. Descriptions of new Marine Mollusca from New Caledonia, etc. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(5): 299-303
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- "Eucithara celebensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_9393.shtml.
- Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Hawaiian Shell News, June 1 2001
Wikidata ☰ Q10278005 entry
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