Eucithara delacouriana

Eucithara delacouriana
	Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara delacouriana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. delacouriana
Binomial name
	Eucithara delacouriana; (Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms
	Cithara delacouriana Crosse, 1869 (original combination); Cithara matakuana E. A. Smith, 1884; Daphnella matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884); Eucithara matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884); Eucithara stromboides (non Reeve, 1846) Hedley, 1922; Mangilia (Cythara) matakuana (E. A. Smith, 1884);

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

Distribution[edit]

This marine species if found off New Caledonia and Fiji

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, narrower than the interspaces, surmounting the slight shoulder-angle and attaining the suture. The revolving striae are very fine and close. The color of the shell is white, with traces of brown staining.^[2]

The shell is conspicuous for robustness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna marking.^[3]

References[edit]

^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433714 on 2017-05-16
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
^ Journal of Conchology v. 8 (1895-1897)

Crosse H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177-180
Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296. page(s): 286, pl. 13 fig. 4

External links[edit]

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433714 on 2017-05-16

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

[3] Journal of Conchology v. 8 (1895-1897)

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