Eucithara pusilla explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

(Original description) The oval shell has a white color, stained with purplish brown. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed with somewhat oblique ribs and striated transversely. The whorls are angulated at the sutures. The outer and inner lip are denticulated. The spire is short. The outer lip is thickened.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links

• • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Eucithara pusilla (Pease, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433754 on 2017-05-22
2. https://archive.org/details/lietuvostsrmoksl60liet Pease, William Harper. "Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands." ; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. 28. 1860