Eucithara conohelicoides

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

Eucithara conohelicoides
Shell of Eucithara conohelicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. conohelicoides
Binomial name
Eucithara conohelicoides (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Cithara onager (Souverbie, S.M., 1875) Eucithara onager (S.M. Souverbie, 1875) Mangelia conohelicoides Reeve, 1846 (original combination) Pleurotoma (Cithara) onager Souverbie, 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

The shell is longitudinally many ridged, transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white, with sometimes a large orange-brown blotch on the back of the body-whorl.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.