Heterocithara zebuensis
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| image_caption = Shell of Heterocithara zebuensis
| authority = (Reeve, 1846)
| synonyms =
- Cithara zebuensis Hidalgo, 1904
- Mangilia derelicta (Reeve, 1846)
- Mangelia zebuensis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
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Heterocithara zebuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Heterocithara zebuensis (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434010 on 2017-07-19
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The light brown shell is longitudinally strongly ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated.[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] {{PD-notice}}
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and 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.
- Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1–2, 3–4): 1–20, 41–63
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=5|id=19335|title=Heterocithara zebuensis|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56] {{PD-notice}}
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