Eucithara tenebrosa is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433763 on 2017-05-08
Kilburn (1992) listed this species as a provisionally valid.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
Description The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
The shell is turreted, with narrowly, flatly shouldered whorls and deep sutures. It is distantly longitudinally ribbed, crossed by revolving striae. Its color is dark chestnut-brown without and within.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 the Philippines.
References
Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295