Eucithara lamellata
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| Eucithara lamellata | |
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| Original image of a shell of Eucithara lamellata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. lamellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangelia lamellata Reeve, 1846 (original combination) | |
Eucithara lamellata is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 13 mm.
The sutures are deep, a little cavernous. The ribs are narrow, erect, lamelliform, somewhat pointed around the sutures, transversely strongly distantly striate. The color of the shell is yellowish white, faintly zoned with pale brown.[2]
