Eucithara stromboides

Eucithara stromboides
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara stromboides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species: E. stromboides
Binomial name
Eucithara stromboides
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara delaaouriana Crosse, 1869
  • Cithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia stromboides Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Kilburn (1992) listed this as a possible synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846) and designated a lectotype.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

The interstices of the ribs show fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish white.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam, Queensland (Australia) and the Red Sea and the Mascarene Basin.

References

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