Biology:Heterocithara zebuensis

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Heterocithara zebuensis
Heterocithara zebuensis 001.jpg
Shell of Heterocithara zebuensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Heterocithara
Species:
H. zebuensis
Binomial name
Heterocithara zebuensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara zebuensis Hidalgo, 1904
  • Mangilia derelicta (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia zebuensis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Heterocithara zebuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The light brown shell is longitudinally strongly ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated.[2]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara zebuensis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434010 on 2017-07-19
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • 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.
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1–2, 3–4): 1–20, 41–63

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10295287 entry