Eucithara delacouriana

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Eucithara delacouriana
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara delacouriana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. delacouriana
Binomial name
Eucithara delacouriana
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Cithara delacourianaCrosse, 1869 (original combination)
  • Cithara matakuanaE. A. Smith, 1884
  • Daphnella matakuana(E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Eucithara matakuana(E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Eucithara stromboides(non Reeve, 1846) Hedley, 1922
  • Mangilia (Cythara) matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884)

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

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Distribution

This marine species if found off New Caledonia and Fiji

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, narrower than the interspaces, surmounting the slight shoulder-angle and attaining the suture. The revolving striae are very fine and close. The color of the shell is white, with traces of brown staining. [2]

The shell is conspicuous for robustness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna marking. [3]

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