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Eucithara cinnamomea

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Eucithara cinnamomea
Image of a shell of Eucithara cinnamomea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Eucithara cinnamomea
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms

Mangelia cinnamomea Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

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

Distribution

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This marine species is found off the Strait of Malacca, the Macassar Strait and Northern New Guinea.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The shell is shouldered, plicately ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated. It is cinnamon-colored, narrowly white-banded.[2]

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433703 on 2017-05-16
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16-21, 36-46, 255-257
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
  • "Eucithara cinnamomea cinnamomea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.