Eucithara pulchella
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| Eucithara pulchella | |
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| Shells of Eucithara pulchella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara pulchella is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
The shell is many ribbed, the ribs flexuous, narrow, the interstices very faintly reticulated. Its color is yellowish white, with several narrow chestnut bands interrupted by the ribs.[2]
