Eucithara columbelloides

Eucithara columbelloides is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Eucithara columbelloides
Shell of Eucithara columbelloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. columbelloides
Binomial name
Eucithara columbelloides
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia columbelloides Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Western Samoa.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433704 on 2017-05-03
  • 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Eucithara columbelloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Eucithara columbelloides
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