Eucithara angiostoma

Eucithara angiostoma
	Drawing of a shell of Eucithara angiostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. angiostoma
Binomial name
	Eucithara angiostoma; (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms
	Cythara angiostoma Pease, 1868 (original combination); Eucithara triticea L.A. Reeve, 1843; Pleurotoma triticea (non Kiener, 1840); Reeve, 1843; Mangilia tritacea Tryon, 1884;

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

This is not Eucithara angiostoma Kay, 1979

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

The longitudinal ribs are oblique. The transverse striae are very fine but distinct. The inner and outer lips are both corrugated. The color of the shell is whitish, with a broad central brown band on the back of the body whorl, which when the shell is worn appears as a spot.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean (?), Polynesia, the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433686 on 2017-05-02
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Pease, W. H. 1868. Synonymy of marine gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American 1. Conch. 4: 103-132

External links

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433686 on 2017-05-02

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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