Eucithara castanea
| Eucithara castanea | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Eucithara castanea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. castanea
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846)
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Eucithara castanea is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
The whorls are rounded and longitudinally ribbed. The interstices show close revolving striae; chestnut-brown.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Queensland (Australia).
References[edit]
- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433699 on 2017-05-02
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- 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.
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
- Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
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