Eucithara angela
Eucithara angela is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Eucithara angela | |
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| Shell of Eucithara angela | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. angela |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864) | |
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Description
The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.
References
- WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433685 on 2017-04-30
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
- Crosse, H. 1873. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 284-285
- Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
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