Eucithara angiostoma

Eucithara angiostoma is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Eucithara angiostoma
Drawing of a shell of Eucithara angiostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. angiostoma
Binomial name
Eucithara angiostoma
(Pease, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara angiostoma Pease, 1868 (original combination)
  • Eucithara triticea L.A. Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma triticea (non Kiener, 1840); Reeve, 1843
  • Mangilia tritacea Tryon, 1884

This is not Eucithara angiostoma Kay, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

The longitudinal ribs are oblique. The transverse striae are very fine but distinct. The inner and outer lips are both corrugated. The color of the shell is whitish, with a broad central brown band on the back of the body whorl, which when the shell is worn appears as a spot.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean (?), Polynesia, the Philippines.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433686 on 2017-05-02
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Pease, W. H. 1868. Synonymy of marine gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American 1. Conch. 4: 103-132
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Eucithara angiostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
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