Eucithara marginelloides is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara marginelloides | |
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. marginelloides
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| Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 15 mm.
The interstices of the longitudinal ribs are either smooth or more or less thickly covered with fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish or ashwhite, with fine, rather close chestnut revolving lines, sometimes interrupted by the ribs, sometimes crossing them, sometimes obsolete. The shoulder is usually tinged with chocolate.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Guinea and New Caledonia.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433741 on 2017-05-06
- ^ 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.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eucithara marginelloides.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- "Eucithara marginelloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: Eucithara marginelloides