Eucithara isseli

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Eucithara isseli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. isseli
Binomial name
Eucithara isseli
(Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Cythara isseliNevill & Nevill, 1875 (original combination)
  • Mangelia (Cithara) isseliNevill & Nevill, 1875

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

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Distribution

This marine species is found in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; off Sri Lanka; the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

The color of the shell is white, with two narrow, interrupted orange bands, one of which reappears on the spire. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433734 on 2017-05-16
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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