Eucithara gracilis is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Eucithara gracilis | |
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. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara gracilis (Reeve, 1846)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
The ribs are narrow and distant. The interstices show very fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is whitish, with a central chestnut zone, and sometimes additional chestnut blotches.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Loyalty Islands and Queensland, Australia.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara gracilis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433727 on 2017-05-04
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
External links edit
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- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
- "Eucithara gracilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56