Eucithara lamellata

Species of gastropod

Eucithara lamellata

Original image of a shell of Eucithara lamellata
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Mangeliidae
Genus:  | Eucithara
Species:  |

E. lamellata

Binomial name
Eucithara lamellata

(Reeve, 1846)

Synonyms[1]

Mangelia lamellata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

## Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The sutures are deep, a little cavernous. The ribs are narrow, erect, lamelliform, somewhat pointed around the sutures, transversely strongly distantly striate. The color of the shell is yellowish white, faintly zoned with pale brown.[2]

## Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius..

## References

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1. ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215582 on 2017-05-06
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.
* Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.

## External links

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* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

Taxon identifiers

Eucithara lamellata|

* Wikidata: Q10278037
* CoL: 3BTNQ
* GBIF: 4369194
* IRMNG: 10811518
* Open Tree of Life: 2913919
* SeaLifeBase: 99152
* WoRMS: 215582