Eucithara cincta
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| taxon =Eucithara cincta
| image = Eucithara cincta 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Eucithara cincta
| authority = (Reeve, 1846)
| synonyms =
- Mangelia cincta Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
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Eucithara cincta is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433702 on 2017-05-03
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.
The whorls are rather narrowly shouldered, the shoulder-angle sharp pointed by the ribs, which attain the suture. The interstices of the ribs show revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with a broad superior darker band.[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 off the Philippines.
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
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295].
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