Eucithara coronata

Eucithara coronata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Eucithara coronata
A shell of Eucithara coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. coronata
Binomial name
Eucithara coronata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara (Cithara) zonata auct.
  • Mangelia (Cithara) zonata [partim] auct.
  • Eucithara capillacea auct.
  • Mangelia celebensis Hinds, 1843
  • Mangelia coronata Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Mangelia capillacea Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia hornbeckii Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia pallida Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia zonata Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia cithara Gould, 1849
  • Cythara waterhousei E. A. Smith, 1884
  • Mangilia (Cythara) psalterium Melvill & Standen, 1896
  • Cithara subgibbosa Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara eupoecila Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara semizonata Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara subgracilis Hervier, 1898
  • Mangilia (Cythara) chionea Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Cythara chionea Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Cythara optabilis Sowerby, 1907
  • Cythara psalterium J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896
  • Mangilia (Cithara) zonata var. plurilineata Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914

Distribution

This genus is found in the subtidal zone on sandy bottoms between 10 and 30 m in depth. It occurs in Mozambique, the Red Sea to Australia, Polynesia, Hawaii and the Philippines.

Description

The shell size is between 10 and 18 mm. The conical shell has an axial sculpture with six prominent axial ribs that are slightly concave at the shoulder. There are only a few whorls, showing deep sutures, and a large body whorl. The aperture is long and narrow. The color of the shell is creamy white.

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References
  1. OBIS : Eucithara coronata
  2. WoRMS (2010). Eucithara coronata. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433709 on 2011-08-08
  • Description of Eucithara coronata
  • Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
  • 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. page(s): 488-494
  • Eucithara coronata, abapertural view
  • Eleven shells of Eucithara coronata
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