Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas 1864)

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

Description

The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.

References

• Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii
• Crosse, H. 1873. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 284-285
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214

Eucithara angela is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Mangeliidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1864 door Adams & Angas.

Eucithara angela é uma espécie de gastrópode do gênero Eucithara, pertencente à família Mangeliidae.^[2]

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