Biology:Eucithara pulchella

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara pulchella
Eucithara pulchella 001.jpg
Shells of Eucithara pulchella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. pulchella
Binomial name
Eucithara pulchella
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846).
  • Mangelia pulchella Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The shell is many ribbed, the ribs flexuous, narrow, the interstices very faintly reticulated. Its color is yellowish white, with several narrow chestnut bands interrupted by the ribs.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines , Queensland (Australia) and Tonga.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433752 on 2017-05-07
  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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10278057 entry