Eucithara debilis

Eucithara debilis
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara debilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. debilis
Binomial name
Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms
Cythara debilisPease, 1868 Eucithara daedaleaW.H. Pease, 1867

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

Distribution

This marine species is found off Paumotus, Polynesia, and off Guam.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The shell is narrowly angulated at the suture, from which descend about ten longitudinal ribs, closely and finely crossed by revolving striae. Its color is white. The back of the body whorl is stained with chestnut. ^[2]

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433712 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

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