Eucithara delacouriana is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433714 on 2017-05-16
Distribution This marine species if found off New Caledonia and Fiji
Description The length of the shell attains 10.8 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
The ribs are rounded, narrower than the interspaces, surmounting the slight shoulder-angle and attaining the suture. The revolving striae are very fine and close. The color of the shell is white, with traces of brown staining.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
The shell is conspicuous for robustness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna marking.Journal of Conchology v. 8 (1895-1897)
References
Crosse H. 1869. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae. J. Conchyliol. 17: 177-180 Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296. page(s): 286, pl. 13 fig. 4
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
MNHN, Paris: Eucithara delacouriana