Eucithara lyra

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

Eucithara lyra
Shell of Eucithara lyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. lyra
Binomial name
Eucithara lyra
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cythara citharella Smith, 1876
  • Eucithara citharella E.A. Smith, 1876
  • Mangelia lyra Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, or yellowish white, banded narrowly and numerously with chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Taiwan, and Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433737 on 2017-05-06
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • 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.
  • Smith, E.A. 1876. A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 535-562, pl. 30
  • Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
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