''Eucithara gradata'' is a small sea snail, a

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in the family

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Distribution

This marine species is found off Western

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5.75 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. The ribs are narrow, straight, and continue to the base of the body whorl. The interstices are regularly transversely striated. The

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is almost straight, slightly rugose above,. The outer

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is nearly straight, very thick, regularly rounded. The color of the shell is pure white.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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References

* Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. 1875. ''Descriptions of nine marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean.'' 1. Asiatic Soc. Bengal .s.44(2): 8~104, pis 7,8.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295

Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10278031 gradata Gastropods described in 1875