Biology:Eucithara dubiosa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Eucithara dubiosa | |
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| Image of a shell of Eucithara dubiosa | |
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. dubiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
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Cythara dubiosa Nevill & Nevill, 1875 (original combination) | |
Eucithara dubiosa is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species is found off Mauritius and the Andaman Islands.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.
The color of the shell is white, with a broad brown stain on the back of the body whorl. The ribs are narrow, straight, not on the shoulder. The interstices are closely striated.[2]
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433716 on 2017-05-16
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. 1875. Descriptions of nine marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. 1. Asiatic Soc. Bengal [n.s.] 44(2): 8~104, pis 7,8.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q10278018 entry
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