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Eucithara lamellata

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Eucithara lamellata
Original image of a shell of Eucithara lamellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. lamellata
Binomial name
Eucithara lamellata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Mangelia lamellata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The sutures are deep, a little cavernous. The ribs are narrow, erect, lamelliform, somewhat pointed around the sutures, transversely strongly distantly striate. The color of the shell is yellowish white, faintly zoned with pale brown.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius..

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215582 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.
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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