Eucithara gibbosa
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| Eucithara gibbosa | |
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| Shell of Eucithara funebris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. gibbosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara gibbosa is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Not to be confused with Eucithara gibbosa Hedley, 1922 (,[2] which is a synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
The smooth whorls are nodulous at the shoulder. The ribs are slightly flexuous. The color of the shell is ashy white, encircled by faint orange-brown lines, the back stained with pale black at the upper part.[3]
