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Eucithara solida

Eucithara solida is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

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Eucithara solida
Shell of Eucithara solida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. solida
Binomial name
Eucithara solida
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Citharopsis solida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia solida Reeve, 1846

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm. The purplish shell is solid. It is very closely granosely latticed throughout.2

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines.

References

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433758 on 2017-04-27
  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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