Eucithara castanea

Eucithara castanea
Drawing of a shell of Eucithara castanea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. castanea
Binomial name
Eucithara castanea
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia castanea Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mangelia casta Reeve, L.A., 1846 (renamed)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The whorls are rounded and longitudinally ribbed. The interstices show close revolving striae; chestnut-brown.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Queensland (Australia).

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433699 on 2017-05-02
  2. ^ 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.
  • Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
  • Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
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