Eucithara lota

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

Eucithara lota
Shell of Eucithara lota (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. lota
Binomial name
Eucithara lota
(Gould, 1860)
Synonyms[1]

Cythara lota Gould, 1860 (original combination)

The holotype of the species was destroyed in the Great Chicago fire.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China

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References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433736 on 2017-05-20
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Eucithara lota". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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