Eucithara typhonota

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

Eucithara typhonota
Original image of a shell of Eucithara typhonota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. typhonota
Binomial name
Eucithara typhonota
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara typhonota Melvill & Standen, 1901 (original combination)

The holotype in the British Museum of Natural History is a juvenile form. This raises questions about the validity of this species.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

The solid, gradate shell has an ovate shape. It is white with a smoky black spiral dorsal band, most conspicuous just behind the outer lip. It contains 8 whorls, impressed at the suture. The teleoconch shows a few rectilineal ribs, of which 12 in the body whorl. The aperture is narrow and oblong. The outer lip is simple (juvenile). The white columella is rather straight [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara typhonota (Melvill & Standen, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433766 on 2017-05-10
  2. 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 (misspelled as "typhonata")
  3. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara edithae (Melvill & Standen, 1901). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433718 on 2017-05-09
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