Eucithara coronata

Eucithara coronata
A shell of Eucithara coronata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. coronata
Binomial name
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Cithara (Cithara) zonataauct. Mangelia (Cithara) zonata [partim] auct. Eucithara capillaceaauct. Mangelia celebensisHinds, 1843 Mangelia coronataHinds, 1843 (basionym) Mangelia capillaceaReeve, 1846 Mangelia hornbeckiiReeve, 1846 Mangelia pallidaReeve, 1846 Mangelia zonataReeve, 1846 Mangelia citharaGould, 1849 Cythara waterhouseiE. A. Smith, 1884 Mangilia (Cythara) psalteriumMelvill & Standen, 1896 Cithara subgibbosaHervier, 1897 Cithara eupoecilaHervier, 1897 Cithara semizonataHervier, 1897 Cithara subgracilisHervier, 1898 Mangilia (Cythara) chioneaMelvill & Standen, 1899 Cythara chioneaMelvill & Standen, 1899 Cythara optabilisSowerby, 1907 Cythara psalteriumJ.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896 Mangilia (Cithara) zonata var. plurilineataBouge & Dautzenberg, 1914

Eucithara coronata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This genus is found in the subtidal zone on sandy bottoms between 10 and 30 m in depth. It occurs in Mozambique, the Red Sea to Australia, Polynesia, Hawaii and the Philippines.

Description

The shell size is between 10 and 18 mm. The conical shell has an axial sculpture with six prominent axial ribs that are slightly concave at the shoulder. There are only a few whorls, showing deep sutures, and a large body whorl. The aperture is long and narrow. The color of the shell is creamy white.

References

1. OBIS : Eucithara coronata
2. WoRMS (2010). Eucithara coronata. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433709 on 2011-08-08

• Description of Eucithara coronata ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575. page(s): 488-494

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Smith, Barry D. "Prosobranch gastropods of Guam." Micronesica 35.36 (2003): 244-270. Archived 2017-05-11 at the Wayback Machine

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  Eucithara coronata, abapertural view
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  Eleven shells of Eucithara coronata