Eucithara macteola

Eucithara macteola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. macteola
Binomial name
Eucithara macteola Kilburn, 1992

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

Description

The shell size attains 9.4 mm, its diameter 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has been found on the inner continental shelf of Zululand, South Africa.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara macteola Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433738 on 2017-05-20

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