Eucithara antillarum
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| taxon =Eucithara antillarum
| image = Eucithara antillarum 003.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara antillarum
| authority = (Reeve, 1846)
| synonyms =
- Mangelia antillarum Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
- Mangilia antillarum Tryon, 1884
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Eucithara antillarum is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara antillarum. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433687 on 2017-05-02
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
The shell is ribbed, without revolving striae. Its color is yellowish brown, broadly banded with chocolate and shoulder tinged with the same color.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the West Indies (?).and off Vanuatu.
References
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- 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.
External links
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- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.]
- [http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/annals/33/2/282.pdf?expires=1491662733&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=7F351EDA98AA96D75296767E835A8EEF 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]
- [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2007-42563?listIndex=25&listCount=192 MNHN, Paris: Eucithara antillarum]
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