Eucithara fasciata

Eucithara fasciata
Shell of Eucithara fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species: E. fasciata
Binomial name
Eucithara fasciata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Cythara fasciata (Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
  • Mangilia fasciata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (original description)

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

R.J. Kilburn (1992) could not find sufficient grounds to distinguish Mangelia fasciata (Gray in Reeve (1846) from Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843) [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.

The ribs are latticed with conspicuous transverse striae. The shell is yellowish white, with a central, narrow, chestnut band. [3]>

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .

References

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