Eucithara lota

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Eucithara lota
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Shell of Eucithara lota (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. lota
Binomial name
Eucithara lota
(Gould, 1860)
Synonyms [1]

Cythara lotaGould, 1860 (original combination)

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

Contents

The holotype of the species was destroyed in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, ovate-rhomboidal, thick, and white. It is lyrated with up to 12 acute ribs and encircled by deep striae, with the presutural one being larger than the others. Four whorls form an abbreviated spire, and the body whorl slopes forward. The aperture is narrow, exceeding half of the total length. The outer lip is thick, inflected, and toothed internally, and the sinus is deep. The columella is sculptured with up to seven oblique grooves. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433736 on 2017-05-20
  2. ↑ Gould, A.A. (1860). "Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 339. Retrieved 1 June 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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