Eucithara stromboides

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Eucithara stromboides
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara stromboides
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. stromboides
Binomial name
Eucithara stromboides
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cithara delaaourianaCrosse, 1869
  • Cithara stromboides(Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia stromboidesReeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Contents

Kilburn (1992) listed this as a possible synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846) and designated a lectotype. [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

The interstices of the ribs show fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish white. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam, Queensland (Australia), the New Hebrides and the Red Sea and the Mascarene Basin.

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