Eucithara souverbiei

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Eucithara souverbiei
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Original image of a shell of Eucithara souverbiei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. souverbiei
Binomial name
Eucithara souverbiei
(Tryon, 1884)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cithara souverbiei(Tryon, 1884)
  • Mangilia souverbieiTryon, 1884 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Cithara) coniformisSouverbie, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma coniformisGray & G. B. Sowerby, 1839; Mangilia souverbiei is a replacement name)

Eucithara souverbiei 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 7 mm.

The shell is minutely tuberculate at the shoulder-angle, and covered by minute revolving striae. Its color is whitish, with a large dorsal brownish spot or stain. [2] It is also characterized by small, wavy spiral striae that are little protruding.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it was also found off the Loyalty Islands and the Cocos-Keeling Islands.

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