Eucithara angela

Eucithara angela
Shell of Eucithara angela
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. angela
Binomial name
Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
Cithara angelaAdams & Angas, 1864 (original combination) Cithara balansaiCrosse, 1873 Eucithara balansaiJ.C.H. Crosse, 1873 Mangilia angela(Adams & Angas, 1864) Mangilia (Cithara) balansaiBonge and Dautzenberg, 1914

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

Description

The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433685 on 2017-04-30
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
• Crosse, H. 1873. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 284-285
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• "Eucithara angela". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.