| Eucithara funiculata | |
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| Shell of Eucithara funiculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. funiculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara funiculata, common name the corded turrid, is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 25 mm.
The shell has a smooth appearance. The outer lip is toothed. The color of the shell is ashy brown, the ribs whitish.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off the Philippines and Guam
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433724 on 2017-05-04
- ↑ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eucithara funiculata.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Eucithara funiculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Smith, Barry D. "Prosobranch gastropods of Guam." Micronesica 35.36 (2003): 244-270. Archived 2017-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
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