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 
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| 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] | |
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Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) bathyraphe E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis 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. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
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