Eucithara angiostoma
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| Eucithara angiostoma | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Eucithara angiostoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. angiostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868) | |
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Eucithara angiostoma is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This is not the organism previously described as Eucithara angiostoma Kay, 1979.[citation needed]
The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.
The longitudinal ribs are oblique. The transverse striae are very fine but distinct. The inner and outer lips are both corrugated. The color of the shell is whitish, with a broad central brown band on the back of the body whorl, which when the shell is worn appears as a spot.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean (?), Polynesia, the Philippines.[citation needed]