Eucithara celebensis

Eucithara celebensis
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara celebensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. celebensis
Binomial name
Eucithara celebensis (Hinds in Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Cithara eupoecilaHervier, 1897 Cythara optabilisSowerby, 1907 Cythara pessulataBrazier, 1876 Mangelia celebensisHinds, 1843 (original combination) Mangilia psalteriumMelvill & Standen, 1896

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

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

The shell is smooth. It is plicately ribbed with the ribs rather distant. Its color is light yellowish and brown banded. ^[2]

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara celebensis. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433701 on 2017-05-15
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16-21, 36-46, 255-257
• Brazier, J. 1876. A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 151-162
• Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1896. Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8(9): 273-315, pls 9-11
• Hervier, J. 1897. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47-69, pls 2-3
• Sowerby, G.B III. 1907. Descriptions of new Marine Mollusca from New Caledonia, etc. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(5): 299-303

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• "Eucithara celebensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, Hawaiian Shell News, June 1 2001