Heterocithara hirsuta explained

Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

• De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41–112, 6 pls
• 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

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56

Notes and References

1. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/16e102d2-c851-40cc-859c-f2f4fa2fa24d Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
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