Eucithara bathyraphe

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

Eucithara bathyraphe
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara bathyraphe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. bathyraphe
Binomial name
Eucithara bathyraphe (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma (Glyphostoma ?) bathyraphe E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

The shell has a nodose-cancellate shape. It contains 7 whorls, including 2½ whorls in the conical protoconch. The ribs are straight with strong spiral cords and traces of microscopic threads. The outer lip is incrassate and shows 7 small plicae. The aperture is narrow and measures half the total length of the shell. The columella is a callous. The siphonal canal is narrow and very short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.