Eucithara funiculata

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

Eucithara funiculata, common name the corded turrid, is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 25 mm.

The shell has a smooth appearance. The outer lip is toothed. The color of the shell is ashy brown, the ribs whitish.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific, off the Philippines, Guam and Australia.

References

• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eucithara funiculata.

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Eucithara funiculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Smith, Barry D. "Prosobranch gastropods of Guam." Micronesica 35.36 (2003): 244-270. Archived 2017-05-11 at the Wayback Machine