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Genus of gastropods
Shells of Eucithara coronata
Eucithara is a
genus of small to quite large
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the family
Mangeliidae .
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This genus has been a convenient dumping ground for many Indo-Pacific species. A profound study is still lacking and
polyphyly probably occurs, as shown by the
radulae of the few species examined.
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Species in this genus show a rather solid turreted-fusiform shell, sculptured by bold longitudinal ribs, over-run by dense spiral threads, and decussated by an even finer radial striatum. The
aperture is as long, or longer, than the
spire , fortified externally by a stout
varix which ascends the previous
whorl , includes a semi-circular sinus, and extends a free edge over the mouth. Within the outer
lip are a series of short entering ridges, and the
columella bears a corresponding series of deeply entering horizontal bars.
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This genus has a wide distribution in the
Red Sea , the
Persian Gulf , the
Indian Ocean , the
Pacific Ocean , the
East China Sea ; off Australia (
Northern Territory ,
Queensland ,
Tasmania ,
Western Australia ).
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Eucithara
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Eucithara abakcheutos Kilburn, 1992
Eucithara abbreviata (Garrett, 1873)
Eucithara alacris Hedley, 1922
Eucithara albivestis (Pilsbry, 1934)
Eucithara amabilis (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)
Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868)
Eucithara antillarum (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara arenivaga Hedley, 1922
Eucithara articulata (Sowerby III, 1894)
Eucithara bascauda (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Eucithara bathyraphe (Smith E. A., 1882)
Eucithara bicolor (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara bisacchii (Hornung & Mermod, 1929)
Eucithara brocha Hedley, 1922
Eucithara caledonica (Smith E. A., 1882)
Eucithara capillaris Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Eucithara capillata (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara cazioti (Preston, 1905)
Eucithara celebensis (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895)
Eucithara coniformis (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara conohelicoides (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara crystallina (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara dealbata (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
Eucithara decussata (Pease, 1868)
Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
Eucithara diaglypha (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Eucithara duplaris (Melvill, 1923)
Eucithara edithae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Eucithara elegans (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara ella (Thiele, 1925)
Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Eucithara fasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara funebris (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara gevahi Singer, 2012
Eucithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara gracilis (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara gradata (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Eucithara grata (Smith E. A., 1884)
Eucithara gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1932)
Eucithara guentheri (Sowerby III, 1893)
Eucithara harpellina (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara hirasei (Pilsbry, 1904)
Eucithara interstriata (Smith E. A., 1876)
Eucithara isophanes (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara lepidella (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara macteola Kilburn, 1992
Eucithara makadiensis Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Eucithara marerosa Kilburn, 1992
Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara milia (R.A. Philippi, 1851)
Eucithara miriamica Hedley, 1922
Eucithara monochoria Hedley, 1922
Eucithara moraria Hedley, 1922
Eucithara nana (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara nevilliana (Preston, 1904)
Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara pagoda (May, 1911)
Eucithara paucicostata (Pease, 1868)
Eucithara perhumerata Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Eucithara planilabrum (Reeve, 1843)
Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara pulchra Bozzetti, 2009
Eucithara pusilla (Pease, 1860)
Eucithara ringens (Sowerby III, 1893)
Eucithara rufolineata S. Higo & Y. Goto, 1993
Eucithara seychellarum (Smith E. A., 1884)
Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
Eucithara striatella (Smith E. A., 1884)
Eucithara striatissima (Sowerby III, 1907)
Eucithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara subglobosa (Hervier, 1897)
Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara trivittata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara typhonota (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Eucithara typica (Smith E. A., 1884)
Eucithara ubuhle Kilburn, 1992
Eucithara unicolor Bozzetti, 2020
Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
Eucithara vexillum (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara villaumeae Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
Eucithara vitiensis (Smith E. A., 1884)
Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
Species brought into synonymy
Eucithara abyssicola (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara anna F.P. Jousseaume, 1883 : synonym of
Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara balansai J.C.H. Crosse, 1873 : synonym of
Eucithara angela (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864)
Eucithara basedowi Hedley, 1918 : synonym of
Pseudanachis basedowi (Hedley, 1918)
Eucithara biclathrata S.M. Souverbie in S.M. Souverbie & R.P. Montrouzier, 1872 : synonym of
Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara brevis W.H. Pease, 1867 : synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
Eucithara butonensis (Schepman, 1913) : synonym of
Cytharopsis butonensis (Schepman, 1913)
Eucithara capillacea (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara chionea J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1899 : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara citharella E.A. Smith, 1876 : synonym of
Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara compta (Adams & Angas, 1864) synonym of
Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Eucithara coniformis S.M. Souverbie, 1875 : synonym of
Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
Eucithara crassilabrum (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Gingicithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara daedalea W.H. Pease, 1867 : synonym of
Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
Eucithara deliciosa K.H. Barnard, 1959 : synonym of
Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (Melvill, J.C., 1910)
Eucithara effosa P.F. Röding, 1798 : synonym of
Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
Eucithara eupoecila R.P.J. Hervier, 1897 : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara euselma (Melvill & Standen, 1896) : synonym of
Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Eucithara glariosa (A.A. Gould, 1860) : synonym of
Cythara glareosa Gould, A.A., 1860
Eucithara guestieri (Souverbie, 1872) : synonym of
Eucithara novaehollandiae (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara hornbeckii L.A. Reeve, 1846 : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara hypercalles Melvill, J.C., 1898 : synonym of
Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara iota A.A. Gould, 1860 : synonym of
Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
Eucithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65) : synonym of
Gingicithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara matakuana (Smith, 1884) : synonym of
Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
Eucithara onager (S.M. Souverbie, 1875) : synonym of
Eucithara conohelicoides (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara optabilis G.B. III Sowerby, 1907 : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara pallida (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara pellucida (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara phyllidis Hedley, 1922 : synonym of
Anacithara phyllidis (Hedley, 1922)
Eucithara pura H.A. Pilsbry, 1904 : synonym of
Eucithara albivestis (H.A. Pilsbry, 1934)
Eucithara porcellanea (Kilburn, 1992) : synonym of Leiocithara Hedley, 1922
Eucithara pygmaea G.B. Sowerby, 1846 : synonym of
Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Eucithara quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913) : synonym of
Citharomangelia quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
Eucithara raffini R.P.J. Hervier, 1897 : synonym of
Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
Eucithara reticulata (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
Eucithara rubrocincta E.A. Smith, 1882 : synonym of
Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara semizonata (Hervier, 1897) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara signa J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896, 1897 : synonym of
Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Eucithara stellatomoides (Shuto, 1883) : synonym of
Antiguraleus stellatomoides Shuto, 1983
Eucithara subgibbosa (Hervier, 1897) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara triticea L.A. Reeve, 1843 : synonym of
Eucithara angiostoma (W.H. Pease, 1868)
Eucithara unifasciata (G.P. Deshayes, 1834) : synonym of
Mangelia unifasciata (Deshayes, 1835)
Eucithara waterhousei (Smith E. A., 1884) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
Eucithara zonata (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of
Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following names in current use to the list
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Eucithara cinnamomea cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843-g)
Eucithara cithara (Gould, 1851) : synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
Eucithara gracilis gracilis (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65)
Eucithara gracilis striolata (Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914)
Fischer, 1883: Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, (6): 593
Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
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