Eucithara trivittata Contents Description Distribution References External links Navigation menuG.W. Tryon...
EucitharaGastropods described in 1850
sea snailmarinegastropodmolluskMangeliidaePhilippines
Eucithara trivittata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Eucithara trivittata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. trivittata |
Binomial name | |
Eucithara trivittata (Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Mangelia trivittata Adams & Reeve, 1850 | |
Eucithara trivittata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Contents
1 Description
2 Distribution
3 References
4 External links
Description
The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.
The shell has an ovate shape, attenuated at both ends. It is smooth, transparent, shining and its sculpture consists of longitudinally cloes ribs. Its color is whitish, brown at the base, sometimes with three narrow, interrupted bands.[2] It is also characterized by small, wavy spiral striae that are little protruding.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
^ ab WoRMS (2009). Eucithara trivittata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433764 on 2017-05-23
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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