Eucithara fusiformis

Eucithara fusiformis
Shell of Eucithara fusiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. fusiformis
Binomial name
Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Eucithara hypercallesJ.C. Melvill, 1898 Mangelia fusiformisReeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12.7 mm and 16.3 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, stained or interruptedly fasciated with orange-brown. The outer lip has 13-14 teeth, the inner lip 17-18. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Vanuatu.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433725 on 2017-05-04
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• "Eucithara fusiformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: Eucithara fusiformis