| Heterocithara hirsuta | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Heterocithara hirsuta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Heterocithara |
| Species: | H. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) | |
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Heterocithara hirsuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References
- Australian Faunal Directory: Heterocithara hirsuta
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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| Heterocithara hirsuta | |