Heterocithara hirsuta

Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Heterocithara hirsuta
Drawing of a shell of Heterocithara hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Heterocithara
Species:	H. hirsuta
Binomial name
Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
Synonyms
Clathurella hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Mangilia hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Pleurotoma hirsutum De Folin, A.G.L. 1867

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41–112, 6 pls
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214

External links

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.