Heterocithara zebuensis

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| taxon =Heterocithara zebuensis

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| image_caption = Shell of Heterocithara zebuensis

| authority = (Reeve, 1846)

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  • 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