Eucithara columbelloides
| Eucithara columbelloides | |
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| Shell of Eucithara columbelloides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. columbelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara columbelloides is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Western Samoa.
References
[edit]- 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433704 on 2017-05-03
- Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Eucithara columbelloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: Eucithara columbelloides