''Eucithara compressicosta'' is a small

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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 ...

mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433705 on 2017-05-16

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines and the

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8.2 mm, its diameter 3.4 mm.

References

* Boettger, O. 1895. ''Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden''. Nachr. deutsch. Malacolozool. Gesell. 27(1-2): 1-20,41- 63

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=Q10278007 compressicosta Gastropods described in 1895