Biology:Eucithara obesa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara obesa
Eucithara obesa 001.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara obesa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. obesa
Binomial name
Eucithara obesa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucithara reticulata (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia vittata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (renamed)
  • Mangelia obesa Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mangelia reticulata Reeve, 1846 (Invalid: junior homonym of Mangelia reticulata Risso, 1826; Mangelia obesa is a replacement name)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is closely ribbed, crossed by numerous revolving striae. Its color is yellowish brown, fasciate with chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433748 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 ☰ Q10278051 entry