Eucithara Funiculata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara funiculata
Eucithara funiculata 01.jpg
Shell of Eucithara funiculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. funiculata
Binomial name
Eucithara funiculata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia funiculata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Eucithara funiculata, common name the corded turrid, is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 25 mm.

The shell has a smooth appearance. The outer lip is toothed. The color of the shell is ashy brown, the ribs whitish.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off the Philippines and Guam

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433724 on 2017-05-04
  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.

External links

  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Eucithara funiculata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_8580.shtml. 
  • Smith, Barry D. "Prosobranch gastropods of Guam." Micronesica 35.36 (2003): 244-270.

Wikidata ☰ Q10278025 entry



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