Eucithara cincta

Eucithara cincta
	Drawing of a shell of Eucithara cincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. cincta
Binomial name
	Eucithara cincta; (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
	Mangelia cincta Reeve, 1846 (original combination);

Eucithara cincta is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.

The whorls are rather narrowly shouldered, the shoulder-angle sharp pointed by the ribs, which attain the suture. The interstices of the ribs show revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with a broad superior darker band.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433702 on 2017-05-03
↑ 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

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433702 on 2017-05-03

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Eucithara cincta

Drawing of a shell of Eucithara cincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. cincta
Binomial name
*Eucithara cincta* (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Mangelia cincta Reeve, 1846 (original combination)