Eucithara fusiformis
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| taxon =Eucithara fusiformis
| image = Eucithara fusiformis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Eucithara fusiformis
| authority = (Reeve, 1846)
| synonyms =
- Eucithara hypercalles J.C. Melvill, 1898
- Mangelia fusiformis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
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Eucithara fusiformis is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433725 on 2017-05-04
Description
The length of the shell varies between 12.7 mm and 16.3 mm.
The shell is yellowish white, stained or interruptedly fasciated with orange-brown. The outer lip has 13-14 teeth, the inner lip 17-18.[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 and 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]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=19094|title=Eucithara fusiformis|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2007-42567?listIndex=26&listCount=192 MNHN, Paris: Eucithara fusiformis]
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