Eucithara souverbiei
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| Eucithara souverbiei | |
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| Original image of a shell of Eucithara souverbiei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. souverbiei |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884) | |
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Eucithara souverbiei is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
The shell is minutely tuberculate at the shoulder-angle, and covered by minute revolving striae. Its color is whitish, with a large dorsal brownish spot or stain.[2] It is also characterized by small, wavy spiral striae that are little protruding.
