Eucithara bathyraphe

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Eucithara bathyraphe
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara bathyraphe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. bathyraphe
Binomial name
Eucithara bathyraphe
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms [1]

Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) bathyrapheE. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Contents

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

The shell has a nodose-cancellate shape. It contains 7 whorls, including 2½ whorls in the conical protoconch. The ribs are straight with strong spiral cords and traces of microscopic threads. The outer lip is incrassate and shows 7 small plicae. The aperture is narrow and measures half the total length of the shell. The columella is a callous. The siphonal canal is narrow and very short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara bathyraphe (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433692 on 2017-05-08
  2. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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