Eucithara paucicostata explained

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

This is not Mangelia paucicostata Risso, A., 1826.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Polynesia and off Tahiti

References

• Pease, W. H. 1868. Synonymy of marine gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American 1. Conch. 4: 103-132
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
• CalPhotos: photo

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Eucithara paucicostata (Pease, 1868). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719367 on 2017-05-21