Heterocithara zebuensis

Heterocithara zebuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Heterocithara zebuensis
Shell of Heterocithara zebuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Heterocithara
Species:
H. zebuensis
Binomial name
Heterocithara zebuensis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara zebuensis Hidalgo, 1904
  • Mangilia derelicta (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia zebuensis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The light brown shell is longitudinally strongly ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off the Philippines.

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References

  • 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.
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1–2, 3–4): 1–20, 41–63
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Heterocithara zebuensis". 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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