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Eucithara cazioti
	Original image of a shell of Eucithara cazioti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. cazioti
Binomial name
	Eucithara cazioti; (Preston, 1905)
Synonyms
	Mangilia (Glyphostoma) cazioti Preston, 1905

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean and off Sri Lanka.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

(Original description) The shell has an ovate fusiform shape. The upper whorls are in flesh colour. The last two are white. A pale brown band appears at the base of the body whorl. The suture is also discoloured by a faint band of the same colour. The shell contains 5 - 6 whorls, sculptured with spiral striae and coarse, somewhat distant transverse ribs which project above the suture. The suture is impressed. The aperture is narrow and oblique. The peristome is thickened and serrated by the spiral striae. The columella descends obliquely.^[2]

References

^ WoRMS (2009). Eucithara cazioti (Preston, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433700 on 2017-05-16
^ Preston H.B. 1905. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Ceylon. J. Malac. 12(1): 1-8, pis 1-2.