Eucithara articulata

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

Eucithara articulata
Original image of a shell of Eucithara articulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. articulata
Binomial name
Eucithara articulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
Synonyms[1]
Cythara articulata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 (original combination) Daphnella (Cithara) articulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

The shell has a subcylindrical-fusiform shape with an acuminate apex. It contains 7 convex whorls with spiral lirae and longitudinal ribs. The aperture is narrow and elongate. The fine lirae become whitish on crossing the ribs and give to the latter an articulated appearance. The colouring is rather faint and the markings not very clearly defined.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.