Eucithara vittata

Eucithara vittata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. vittata
Binomial name
	Eucithara vittata; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Cythara abyssicola (Reeve, 1846); Cythara biclathrata S.M. Souverbie, 1872; Daphnella (Cythara) abyssicola (Reeve, 1846); Daphnella abyssicola (Reeve, 1846); Eucithara abyssicola (Reeve, 1846); Eucithara biclathrata S.M. Souverbie in S.M. Souverbie & R.P. Montrouzier, 1872; Eucithara rubrocincta E.A. Smith, 1882; Glyphostoma rubrocincta Smith, E.A., 1882; Mangelia abyssicola Reeve, 1846; Mangelia vittata Hinds, 1843 (original combination); Mangilia abyssicola (Reeve, 1846); Mangilia (Cythara) vittata (Reeve, 1846); Pleurotoma (Cithara) biclathrata Souverbie, 1872 (dubious synonym); Pleurotoma exquisita Smith, 1882; Raphitoma exquisita (E.A. Smith, 1882). (dubious synonym - possibly a Cytharopsis);

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

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

This marine genus occurs off Australia (Queensland and Western Australia), off the Philippines, Irian Jaya and Fiji

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara vittata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433773 on 2017-04-28

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"Eucithara vittata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.