Eucithara angela

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Eucithara angela
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Shell of Eucithara angela
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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
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