Eucithara angela is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433685 on 2017-04-30
Description The length of the ovate-fusiform shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
The color of the shell is yellowish white, chocolate-tinted towards the base. The narrow aperture is stained with violet in front.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland) and off Vanuatu.
References
Adams, A. & Angas, G.F. 1864. Descriptions of new species from Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(III): 418-428, pl. xxxvii Crosse, H. 1873. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 284-285 Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214
External links Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.