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Eucithara
Sign in to saveEucithara is a genus of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMangeliidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 811
- With media
- 215
- Family
- Mangeliidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNH, USNM, NMV, UF
- Recorded in
- Egypt, United States, Philippines, Japan, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Mauritius
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mangeliidae
- Image
- Eucithara vexillum 003.jpg
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- Commons category
- Eucithara
- topic's main category
- Category:Eucithara
- taxon name
- Eucithara
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Eucithara is a genus of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
This genus has been a convenient dumping ground for many Indo-Pacific species. A profound study is still lacking and polyphyly probably occurs, as shown by the radulae of the few species examined.
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