Eucithara bathyraphe is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Eucithara bathyraphe | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara bathyraphe | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Eucithara |
Species: | E. bathyraphe
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Binomial name | |
Eucithara bathyraphe (E. A. Smith, 1882)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) bathyraphe E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination) |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.
The shell has a nodose-cancellate shape. It contains 7 whorls, including 2½ whorls in the conical protoconch. The ribs are straight with strong spiral cords and traces of microscopic threads. The outer lip is incrassate and shows 7 small plicae. The aperture is narrow and measures half the total length of the shell. The columella is a callous. The siphonal canal is narrow and very short.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara bathyraphe (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433692 on 2017-05-08
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1882a) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
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