Eucithara delacouriana explained

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

Distribution

This marine species if found off New Caledonia and Fiji

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, narrower than the interspaces, surmounting the slight shoulder-angle and attaining the suture. The revolving striae are very fine and close. The color of the shell is white, with traces of brown staining.^[2]

The shell is conspicuous for robustness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna marking.^[3]

References

• Crosse H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177-180
• Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296. page(s): 286, pl. 13 fig. 4

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
  • MNHN, Paris: Eucithara delacouriana

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433714 on 2017-05-16
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
3. https://archive.org/details/journalofconchol8189597conc Journal of Conchology v. 8 (1895-1897)