Eucithara souverbiei | |
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Original image of a shell of Eucithara souverbiei | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. souverbiei
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eucithara souverbiei is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
The shell is minutely tuberculate at the shoulder-angle, and covered by minute revolving striae. Its color is whitish, with a large dorsal brownish spot or stain. [2] It is also characterized by small, wavy spiral striae that are little protruding.
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it was also found off the Loyalty Islands and the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
Eucithara souverbiei | |
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Original image of a shell of Eucithara souverbiei | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. souverbiei
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eucithara souverbiei is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
The shell is minutely tuberculate at the shoulder-angle, and covered by minute revolving striae. Its color is whitish, with a large dorsal brownish spot or stain. [2] It is also characterized by small, wavy spiral striae that are little protruding.
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland; it was also found off the Loyalty Islands and the Cocos-Keeling Islands.