Eucithara pusilla

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Eucithara pusilla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. pusilla
Binomial name
Eucithara pusilla
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms [1]

Cythara pusillaPease, 1860 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

(Original description) The oval shell has a white color, stained with purplish brown. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed with somewhat oblique ribs and striated transversely. The whorls are angulated at the sutures. The outer and inner lip are denticulated. The spire is short. The outer lip is thickened. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

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