Eucithara tenebrosa explained

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

Kilburn (1992) listed this species as a provisionally valid.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is turreted, with narrowly, flatly shouldered whorls and deep sutures. It is distantly longitudinally ribbed, crossed by revolving striae. Its color is dark chestnut-brown without and within.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

• Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433763 on 2017-05-08
2. http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/annals/33/2/282.pdf?expires=1491662733&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=7F351EDA98AA96D75296767E835A8EEF 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
3. 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