Eucithara compressicosta

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

Eucithara compressicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. compressicosta
Binomial name
Eucithara compressicosta
(Boettger, 1895)
Synonyms

Cithara compressicosta Boettger, 1895 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines and the Mariana Islands.

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.2 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433705 on 2017-05-16
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden. Nachr. deutsch. Malacolozool. Gesell. 27(1-2): 1-20,41- 63
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