Eucithara stromboides | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara stromboides | |
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. stromboides
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara stromboides (
Reeve, 1846)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eucithara stromboides is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
Kilburn (1992) listed this as a possible synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846) and designated a lectotype. [2]
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
The interstices of the ribs show fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish white. [3]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam, Queensland (Australia), the New Hebrides and the Red Sea and the Mascarene Basin.
Eucithara stromboides | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara stromboides | |
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. stromboides
|
Binomial name | |
Eucithara stromboides (
Reeve, 1846)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Eucithara stromboides is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
Kilburn (1992) listed this as a possible synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846) and designated a lectotype. [2]
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
The interstices of the ribs show fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish white. [3]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam, Queensland (Australia), the New Hebrides and the Red Sea and the Mascarene Basin.