''Eucithara perhumerata'' is a small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the family
Mangeliidae.
[WoRMS (2009). Eucithara perhumerata Kilburn & Dekker, 2008. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433750 on 2017-05-10]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Yemen.
References
* Kilburn, R.N.; Dekker, H. (2008). ''New species of turrid conoideans (Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the Red Sea and Arabia''. Basteria, 72(1-3), 1-19
External links
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perhumerata
Gastropods described in 2008