Eucithara turricula

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

Eucithara turricula
Shell of Eucithara turricula (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. turricula
Binomial name
Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella (Cithara) turricula (Reeve, 1846) Mangelia turricula Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm; its diameter 4.7 mm.

The whorls are rather flat The sutures are deep. The shoulder is very narrow. The color of the shell is whitish, sometimes with a central brown band, with fine brown revolving lines, invisible except with a lens.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.