Eucithara lyra

Eucithara lyra
Shell of Eucithara lyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. lyra
Binomial name
Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Cithara lyra (Reeve, 1846) Cythara citharella Smith, 1876 Eucithara citharella E.A. Smith, 1876 Mangelia lyra Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Eucithara lyra is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, or yellowish white, banded narrowly and numerously with chestnut.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Taiwan, and Queensland, 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.
• Smith, E.A. 1876. A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 535-562, pl. 30
• Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.

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• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56