Eucithara fusiformis

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Eucithara fusiformis
Shell of Eucithara fusiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species:
E. fusiformis
Binomial name
Eucithara fusiformis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucithara hypercalles J.C. Melvill, 1898
  • Mangelia fusiformis Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

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

The length of the shell varies between 12.7 mm and 16.3 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, stained or interruptedly fasciated with orange-brown. The outer lip has 13-14 teeth, the inner lip 17-18.[2]

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