Eucithara angiostoma

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Eucithara angiostoma
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Drawing of a shell of Eucithara angiostoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. angiostoma
Binomial name
Eucithara angiostoma
(Pease, 1868)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cythara angiostomaPease, 1868 (original combination)
  • Eucithara triticeaL.A. Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma triticea(non Kiener, 1840); Reeve, 1843
  • Mangilia tritaceaTryon, 1884

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

Contents

This is not Eucithara angiostomaKay, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

The longitudinal ribs are oblique. The transverse striae are very fine but distinct. The inner and outer lips are both corrugated. The color of the shell is whitish, with a broad central brown band on the back of the body whorl, which when the shell is worn appears as a spot. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean (?), Polynesia, the Philippines.

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