Eucithara stromboides

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

Eucithara stromboides
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara stromboides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. stromboides
Binomial name
Eucithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Cithara delaaouriana Crosse, 1869 Cithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846) Mangelia stromboides Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Kilburn (1992) listed this as a possible synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846) and designated a lectotype.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

The interstices of the ribs show fine revolving striae. The color of the shell is yellowish white.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam, Queensland (Australia), the New Hebrides and the Red Sea and the Mascarene Basin.