''Eucithara rufolineata'' 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 ...
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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.
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eucithara rufolineata
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Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan
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References
* Higo, Shun’ichi, and Y. Goto. "A systematic list of molluscan shells from the Japanese Is. and the adjacent area." Osaka: Yuko (1993).
External links
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Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
rufolineata
Gastropods described in 1993
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