Eucithara obesa

Eucithara obesa
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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 2 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
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