Eucithara fasciata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Eucithara fasciata

Shell of Eucithara fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Mangeliidae
Genus:  | Eucithara
Species:  |

E. fasciata

Binomial name
Eucithara fasciata

(Reeve, 1846)

Synonyms

* Cythara fasciata (Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
* Mangilia fasciata Reeve, L.A., 1846 (original description)

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

R.J. Kilburn (1992) could not find sufficient grounds to distinguish Mangelia fasciata (Gray in Reeve (1846) from Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)[2]

## Contents

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

## Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.

The ribs are latticed with conspicuous transverse striae. The shell is yellowish white, with a central, narrow, chestnut band.[3]>

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .

## References

1. ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eucithara fasciata
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.

## External links

* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
* "Cythara fasciata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_42129.shtml.
* Discover Life: Eucithara fasciata

Wikidata ☰ Q29964257 entry

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