Heterocithara hirsuta
| Heterocithara hirsuta | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Heterocithara hirsuta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Heterocithara |
| Species: | H. hirsuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
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Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41–112, 6 pls
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
External links[edit]
- 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.