Eucithara isseli

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

Eucithara isseli
Image of a shell of Eucithara isseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. isseli
Binomial name
Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Synonyms
Cythara isseli Nevill & Nevill, 1875 (original combination) Mangelia (Cithara) isseli Nevill & Nevill, 1875

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; off Sri Lanka; the Philippines and the Loyalty Islands.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

The color of the shell is white, with two narrow, interrupted orange bands, one of which reappears on the spire.^[2]