Eucithara grata

Eucithara grata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. grata
Binomial name
Eucithara grata (E. A. Smith, 1884)
Synonyms
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) grataE. A. Smith, 1884

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

According to Kilburn (1992) this species is very doubtfully referred to the genus Eucithara. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 2.8 mm.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara grata (E. A. Smith, 1884). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433729 on 2017-05-17
2. 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

• Dautzenberg P. 1932. Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Supplement.J. Conchyliol. 76(1); 4-119, pI. 1.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.