Eucithara lota is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Eucithara lota | |
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| Shell of Eucithara lota (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Eucithara |
| Species: | E. lota
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cythara lota Gould, 1860 (original combination) | |
The holotype of the species was destroyed in the Great Chicago fire.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off China
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2009). Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433736 on 2017-05-20
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- "Eucithara lota". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.