Eucithara obesa

Eucithara obesa
	Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara obesa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. obesa
Binomial name
	Eucithara obesa; (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
	Eucithara reticulata(Reeve, 1846); Mangelia vittataReeve, L.A., 1846 (renamed); Mangelia obesaReeve, 1846 (original combination); Mangelia reticulataReeve, 1846 (Invalid: junior homonym of Mangelia reticulataRisso, 1826; Mangelia obesa is a replacement name);

Last updated December 16, 2023

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is closely ribbed, crossed by numerous revolving striae. Its color is yellowish brown, fasciate with chestnut.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam

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References

1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433748 on 2017-05-07
↑ 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.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
"Eucithara obesa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Smith, Barry D. "Prosobranch gastropods of Guam." Micronesica 35.36 (2003): 244-270. Archived 2017-05-11 at the Wayback Machine

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433748 on 2017-05-07

[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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Eucithara obesa

Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara obesa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. obesa
Binomial name
*Eucithara obesa* (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms ^[1]
Eucithara reticulata(Reeve, 1846) Mangelia vittataReeve, L.A., 1846 (renamed) Mangelia obesaReeve, 1846 (original combination) Mangelia reticulataReeve, 1846 (Invalid: junior homonym of Mangelia reticulataRisso, 1826; Mangelia obesa is a replacement name)