Eucithara gibbosa

Eucithara gibbosa
Shell of Eucithara funebris
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. gibbosa
Binomial name
Eucithara gibbosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia gibbosa Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Not to be confused with Eucithara gibbosa Hedley, 1922 (,[2] which is a synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The smooth whorls are nodulous at the shoulder. The ribs are slightly flexuous. The color of the shell is ashy white, encircled by faint orange-brown lines, the back stained with pale black at the upper part.[3]

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433726 on 2017-05-04
  2. ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  3. ^ 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.
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1-2, 3-4): 1-20, 41-63
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