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Eucithara brocha Ch. Hedley, 1922

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Mangeliidae »  genus Eucithara

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Eucithara brocha

Author: Hedley

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Description

Shell solid, biconical. Whorls six, rounded. Colour cinnamon, with several narrow zones of buff; aperture pale buff ; interior ochraceous-orange. Sculpture: Ribs slender, flexuous, fifteen to a whorl, spaced by more than their breadth, alternating from whorl to whorl, not rising above the suture, but extending thence to the base ; the inter-costal spaces are crossed by fine engraved striae. Aperture: Mouth linear, fortified by a thick broad varix, both sides beset with stout external denticules: ten on the left, nine on the right side. Length 10 mm., breadth 4.5 mm.
Source: Hedley, C., 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

Australia. Queensland.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Eucithara brocha Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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