Eucithara

Eucithara is a genus of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Eucithara
Shell of Eucithara vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara Fischer, 1883
Type species
Mangelia stromboides Reeve, 1846
Species
See text
Synonyms
Mangilia (Eucithara) P. Fischer, 1883 (original rank)

Shells of Eucithara coronata

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.^[2]

Description

Species in this genus show a rather solid turreted-fusiform shell, sculptured by bold longitudinal ribs, over-run by dense spiral threads, and decussated by an even finer radial striatum. The aperture is as long, or longer, than the spire, fortified externally by a stout varix which ascends the previous whorl, includes a semi-circular sinus, and extends a free edge over the mouth. Within the outer lip are a series of short entering ridges, and the columella bears a corresponding series of deeply entering horizontal bars.^[3]

Distribution

This genus has a wide distribution in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the East China Sea; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia).

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Eucithara ^[4]

• Eucithara abakcheutos Kilburn, 1992
• Eucithara abbreviata (Garrett, 1873)
• Eucithara alacris Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara albivestis (Pilsbry, 1934)
• Eucithara amabilis (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)
• Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara antillarum (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara arenivaga Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara articulata (Sowerby III, 1894)
• Eucithara bascauda (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Eucithara bathyraphe (Smith E. A., 1882)
• Eucithara bicolor (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara bisacchii (Hornung & Mermod, 1929)
• Eucithara brocha Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara caledonica (Smith E. A., 1882)
• Eucithara capillaris Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
• Eucithara capillata (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara cazioti (Preston, 1905)
• Eucithara celebensis (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895)
• Eucithara coniformis (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara conohelicoides (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara crystallina (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara dealbata (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara decussata (Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
• Eucithara diaglypha (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
• Eucithara duplaris (Melvill, 1923)
• Eucithara edithae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• Eucithara elegans (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara ella (Thiele, 1925)
• Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Eucithara fasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara funebris (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara gevahi Singer, 2012
• Eucithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara gracilis (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara gradata (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
• Eucithara grata (Smith E. A., 1884)
• Eucithara gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1932)
• Eucithara guentheri (Sowerby III, 1893)
• Eucithara harpellina (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara hirasei (Pilsbry, 1904)
• Eucithara interstriata (Smith E. A., 1876)
• Eucithara isophanes (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
• Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara lepidella (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
• Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara macteola Kilburn, 1992
• Eucithara makadiensis Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
• Eucithara marerosa Kilburn, 1992
• Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara milia (R.A. Philippi, 1851)
• Eucithara miriamica Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara monochoria Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara moraria Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara nana (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara nevilliana (Preston, 1904)
• Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara pagoda (May, 1911)
• Eucithara paucicostata (Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara perhumerata Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
• Eucithara planilabrum (Reeve, 1843)
• Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara pulchra Bozzetti, 2009
• Eucithara pusilla (Pease, 1860)
• Eucithara ringens (Sowerby III, 1893)
• Eucithara rufolineata S. Higo & Y. Goto, 1993
• Eucithara seychellarum (Smith E. A., 1884)
• Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
• Eucithara striatella (Smith E. A., 1884)
• Eucithara striatissima (Sowerby III, 1907)
• Eucithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara subglobosa (Hervier, 1897)
• Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
• Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara trivittata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara typhonota (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• Eucithara typica (Smith E. A., 1884)
• Eucithara ubuhle Kilburn, 1992
• Eucithara unicolor Bozzetti, 2020
• Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
• Eucithara vexillum (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara villaumeae Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
• Eucithara vitiensis (Smith E. A., 1884)
• Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)

Species brought into synonymy

• Eucithara abyssicola (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara anna F.P. Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara balansai J.C.H. Crosse, 1873: synonym of Eucithara angela (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864)
• Eucithara basedowi Hedley, 1918 : synonym of Pseudanachis basedowi (Hedley, 1918)
• Eucithara biclathrata S.M. Souverbie in S.M. Souverbie & R.P. Montrouzier, 1872 : synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara brevis W.H. Pease, 1867: synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
• Eucithara butonensis (Schepman, 1913): synonym of Cytharopsis butonensis (Schepman, 1913)
• Eucithara capillacea (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara chionea J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1899: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara citharella E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)synonym of Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Eucithara coniformis S.M. Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
• Eucithara crassilabrum (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Gingicithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara daedalea W.H. Pease, 1867: synonym of Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara deliciosa K.H. Barnard, 1959: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (Melvill, J.C., 1910)
• Eucithara effosa P.F. Röding, 1798: synonym of Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
• Eucithara eupoecila R.P.J. Hervier, 1897: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara euselma (Melvill & Standen, 1896) : synonym of Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888)
• Eucithara glariosa (A.A. Gould, 1860): synonym of Cythara glareosa Gould, A.A., 1860
• Eucithara guestieri (Souverbie, 1872): synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara hornbeckii L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara hypercalles Melvill, J.C., 1898: synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara iota A.A. Gould, 1860: synonym of Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
• Eucithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65) : synonym of Gingicithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara matakuana (Smith, 1884) : synonym of Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
• Eucithara onager (S.M. Souverbie, 1875): synonym of Eucithara conohelicoides (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara optabilis G.B. III Sowerby, 1907: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara pallida (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara pellucida (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara phyllidis Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Anacithara phyllidis (Hedley, 1922)
• Eucithara pura H.A. Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Eucithara albivestis (H.A. Pilsbry, 1934)
• Eucithara porcellanea (Kilburn, 1992): synonym of Leiocithara Hedley, 1922
• Eucithara pygmaea G.B. Sowerby, 1846: synonym of Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
• Eucithara quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Citharomangelia quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
• Eucithara raffini R.P.J. Hervier, 1897: synonym of Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
• Eucithara reticulata (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
• Eucithara rubrocincta E.A. Smith, 1882: synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara semizonata (Hervier, 1897): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara signa J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896, 1897: synonym of Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Eucithara stellatomoides (Shuto, 1883): synonym of Antiguraleus stellatomoides Shuto, 1983
• Eucithara subgibbosa (Hervier, 1897): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara triticea L.A. Reeve, 1843: synonym of Eucithara angiostoma (W.H. Pease, 1868)
• Eucithara unifasciata (G.P. Deshayes, 1834) : synonym of Mangelia unifasciata (Deshayes, 1835)
• Eucithara waterhousei (Smith E. A., 1884) : synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
• Eucithara zonata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following names in current use to the list ^[5]

• Eucithara cinnamomea cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843-g)
• Eucithara cithara (Gould, 1851): synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
• Eucithara gracilis gracilis (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65)
• Eucithara gracilis striolata (Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914)