Eucithara tenebrosa

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Eucithara tenebrosa
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Original image of a shell of Eucithara tenebrosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Eucithara tenebrosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia tenebrosaReeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Contents

Kilburn (1992) listed this species as a provisionally valid. [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is turreted, with narrowly, flatly shouldered whorls and deep sutures. It is distantly longitudinally ribbed, crossed by revolving striae. Its color is dark chestnut-brown without and within. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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