Eucithara ringens

Eucithara ringens
	Original image of a shell of Eucithara ringens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. ringens
Binomial name
	Eucithara ringens; (G. B. Sowerby III, 1893)
Synonyms
	Cythara ringens G. B. Sowerby III, 1893 (original combination);

Eucithara ringens is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

This short shell with an conical shape has an acuminate apex. Its color is white. The shell contains 7 angular whorls. It is delicately sculptured with 8 longitudinally arcuate ribs (12 ribs on the penultimate whorl), latticed by fine, revolving striae (about 23 on the penultimate whorl). The suture is deeply impressed. The aperture is narrow and oblong. The columella is slightly curved and contains a white callus. The thickened outer lip contains 8 denticles, the inner lip has 12 plicae.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Hong Kong

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara ringens. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433756 on 2017-05-18
^ Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1893. Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 487-492

External links[edit]

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Eucithara ringens. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433756 on 2017-05-18

[2] Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1893. Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 487-492

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