Heterocithara zebuensis

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Heterocithara zebuensis
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Shell of Heterocithara zebuensis
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: Heterocithara
Species:
H. zebuensis
Binomial name
Heterocithara zebuensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cithara zebuensisHidalgo, 1904
  • Mangilia derelicta(Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia zebuensisReeve, 1846 (original combination)

Heterocithara zebuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The light brown shell is longitudinally strongly ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara zebuensis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434010 on 2017-07-19
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .