Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
Description The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker.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 is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References
De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41–112, 6 pls 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