Eucithara bathyraphe

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

Eucithara bathyraphe
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara bathyraphe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. bathyraphe
Binomial name
Eucithara bathyraphe
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) bathyraphe E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

The shell has a nodose-cancellate shape. It contains 7 whorls, including 2½ whorls in the conical protoconch. The ribs are straight with strong spiral cords and traces of microscopic threads. The outer lip is incrassate and shows 7 small plicae. The aperture is narrow and measures half the total length of the shell. The columella is a callous. The siphonal canal is narrow and very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara bathyraphe (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433692 on 2017-05-08
  2. Smith, E.A. (1882a) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
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