Eucithara turricula

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Eucithara turricula
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Shell of Eucithara turricula (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. turricula
Binomial name
Eucithara turricula
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Daphnella (Cithara) turricula(Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia turriculaReeve, 1846 (original combination)

Eucithara turricula 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 12.5 mm; its diameter 4.7 mm.

The whorls are rather flat The sutures are deep. The shoulder is very narrow. The color of the shell is whitish, sometimes with a central brown band, with fine brown revolving lines, invisible except with a lens. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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