Eucithara eumerista

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Eucithara eumerista
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Original image of a shell of Eucithara eumerista
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. eumerista
Binomial name
Eucithara eumerista
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
  • Eucithara signaJ.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896, 1897
  • Mangilia eumeristaMelvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination)
  • Mangilia signumMelvill & Standen, 1896

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

This is a pure white ovate species, very smooth white and shining. The shell contains 6 whorls, ventricose, roundly longitudinally costate. On the body whorl there are just below the sutures brown spots between the ribs in one transverse line, and also subpellucid linear marking. The outer lip and columella are both much denticled. The sinus is not very deep or conspicuous. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Queensland (Australia).

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