Eucithara tenebrosa

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

Eucithara tenebrosa
Original image of a shell of Eucithara tenebrosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Eucithara tenebrosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia tenebrosa Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Kilburn (1992) listed this species as a provisionally valid.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is turreted, with narrowly, flatly shouldered whorls and deep sutures. It is distantly longitudinally ribbed, crossed by revolving striae. Its color is dark chestnut-brown without and within.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433763 on 2017-05-08
  2. Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
  3. 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.
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