Eucithara lyra

Eucithara lyra
Shell of Eucithara lyra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. lyra
Binomial name
Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Cithara lyra(Reeve, 1846) Cythara citharellaSmith, 1876 Eucithara citharellaE.A. Smith, 1876 Mangelia lyraReeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, or yellowish white, banded narrowly and numerously with chestnut. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Taiwan, and Queensland, Australia.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433737 on 2017-05-06
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.
• Smith, E.A. 1876. A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 535-562, pl. 30
• Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56