Eucithara caledonica (E. A. Smith 1882)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The subquadrate-ovate shell has a stout build and contains 8 whorls. It has a pure white colour. It shows fine and even revolving threads, and especially by having only six ribs, including the varix, on the body whorl. The outer lip is incrassate, but the inner part is smooth, and is slightly insinuate at the suture. The siphonal canal is very short and slight recurved.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Queensland (Australia).and Taiwan.

References

• Smith, E.A. (1882a) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214

Eucithara caledonica is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Mangeliidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1882 door E. A. Smith.

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

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