Biology:Eucithara delacouriana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara delacouriana
Eucithara delacouriana 002.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara delacouriana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. delacouriana
Binomial name
Eucithara delacouriana
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Cithara delacouriana Crosse, 1869 (original combination)
  • Cithara matakuana E. A. Smith, 1884
  • Daphnella matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Eucithara matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Eucithara stromboides (non Reeve, 1846) Hedley, 1922
  • Mangilia (Cythara) matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884)

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

Distribution

This marine species if found off New Caledonia and Fiji

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, narrower than the interspaces, surmounting the slight shoulder-angle and attaining the suture. The revolving striae are very fine and close. The color of the shell is white, with traces of brown staining.[2]

The shell is conspicuous for robustness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna marking.[3]

References

  • Crosse H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177-180
  • Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296. page(s): 286, pl. 13 fig. 4

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10278015 entry