Eucithara typhonota
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| Eucithara typhonota | |
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| Original image of a shell of Eucithara typhonota | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. typhonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara typhonota (Melvill & Standen, 1901) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucithara typhonota is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
The holotype in the British Museum of Natural History is a juvenile form. This raises questions about the validity of this species.[2]
The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
The solid, gradated shell has an ovate shape. It is white with a smoky black spiral dorsal band, most conspicuous just behind the outer lip. It contains 8 whorls, impressed at the suture. The teleoconch shows a few rectilineal ribs, of which 12 in the body whorl. The aperture is narrow and oblong. The outer lip is simple (juvenile). The white columella is rather straight [3]
