Biology:Eucithara angela
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Eucithara angela | |
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Shell of Eucithara angela | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. angela
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara angela is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433685 on 2017-04-30
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
- Crosse, H. 1873. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 284-285
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
External links
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Eucithara angela" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_19037.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q10277987 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucithara angela.
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