Eucithara coronata

Eucithara coronata
A shell of Eucithara coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Eucithara
Species: E. coronata
Binomial name
Eucithara coronata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cithara (Cithara) zonata auct.
  • Mangelia (Cithara) zonata [partim] auct.
  • Eucithara capillacea auct.
  • Mangelia celebensis Hinds, 1843
  • Mangelia coronata Hinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Mangelia capillacea Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia hornbeckii Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia pallida Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia zonata Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia cithara Gould, 1849
  • Cythara waterhousei E. A. Smith, 1884
  • Mangilia (Cythara) psalterium Melvill & Standen, 1896
  • Cithara subgibbosa Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara eupoecila Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara semizonata Hervier, 1897
  • Cithara subgracilis Hervier, 1898
  • Mangilia (Cythara) chionea Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Cythara optabilis Sowerby, 1907
  • Mangilia (Cithara) zonata var. plurilineata Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914

Eucithara coronata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [3]

Distribution

This genus is found in the subtidal zone on sandy bottoms between 10 and 30 m in depth. It occurs in Mozambique, the Red Sea to Australia, Polynesia and the Philippines.

Description

The shell size is between 10 and 18 mm. The conical shell has an axial sculpture with six prominent axial ribs that are slightly concave at the shoulder. There are only a few whorls, showing deep sutures, and a large body whorl. The aperture is long and narrow. The color of the shell is creamy white.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ OBIS : Eucithara coronata
  3. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Eucithara coronata. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433709 on 2011-08-08
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