Heterocithara hirsuta

Heterocithara hirsuta
Drawing of a shell of Heterocithara hirsuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Heterocithara
Species:	H. hirsuta
Binomial name
Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
Synonyms
Clathurella hirsuta(De Folin, 1867) Mangilia hirsuta(De Folin, 1867) Pleurotoma hirsutumDe Folin, A.G.L. 1867

Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41–112, 6 pls
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .