Eucithara lota

Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara lota

Shell of Eucithara lota (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Mangeliidae
Genus:  | Eucithara
Species:  |

E. lota

Binomial name
Eucithara lota

(Gould, 1860)

Synonyms[1]

Cythara lota Gould, 1860 (original combination)

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

The holotype of the species was destroyed in the Great Chicago fire.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off China

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433736 on 2017-05-20

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
* "Eucithara lota" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_42469.shtml.

See also Wikidata entry Q10278040.

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