# Eucithara

Eucithara is a genus of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
This genus has been a convenient dumping ground for many Indo-Pacific species. A profound study is still lacking and polyphyly probably occurs, as shown by the radulae of the few species examined.

## Description

Species in this genus show a rather solid turreted-fusiform shell, sculptured by bold longitudinal ribs, over-run by dense spiral threads, and decussated by an even finer radial striatum. The aperture is as long, or longer, than the spire, fortified externally by a stout varix which ascends the previous whorl, includes a semi-circular sinus, and extends a free edge over the mouth. Within the outer lip are a series of short entering ridges, and the columella bears a corresponding series of deeply entering horizontal bars.

## Distribution

This genus has a wide distribution in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the East China Sea; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia).

## Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Eucithara
* Eucithara abakcheutos Kilburn, 1992
* Eucithara abbreviata (Garrett, 1873)
* Eucithara alacris Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara albivestis (Pilsbry, 1934)
* Eucithara amabilis (Nevill & Nevill, 1874)
* Eucithara angela (Adams & Angas, 1864)
* Eucithara angiostoma (Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara antillarum (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara arenivaga Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara articulata (Sowerby III, 1894)
* Eucithara bascauda (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* Eucithara bathyraphe (Smith E. A., 1882)
* Eucithara bicolor (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara bisacchii (Hornung & Mermod, 1929)
* Eucithara brocha Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara caledonica (Smith E. A., 1882)
* Eucithara capillaris Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* Eucithara capillata (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara castanea (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara cazioti (Preston, 1905)
* Eucithara celebensis (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara cincta (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara columbelloides (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara compressicosta (Boettger, 1895)
* Eucithara coniformis (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara conohelicoides (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara crystallina (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara dealbata (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara decussata (Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
* Eucithara diaglypha (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara dubiosa (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
* Eucithara duplaris (Melvill, 1923)
* Eucithara edithae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* Eucithara elegans (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara ella (Thiele, 1925)
* Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* Eucithara fasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara funebris (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara funiculata (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara gevahi Singer, 2012
* Eucithara gibbosa (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara gracilis (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara gradata (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
* Eucithara grata (Smith E. A., 1884)
* Eucithara gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1932)
* Eucithara guentheri (Sowerby III, 1893)
* Eucithara harpellina (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara hirasei (Pilsbry, 1904)
* Eucithara interstriata (Smith E. A., 1876)
* Eucithara isophanes (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
* Eucithara lamellata (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara lepidella (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
* Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara macteola Kilburn, 1992
* Eucithara makadiensis Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* Eucithara marerosa Kilburn, 1992
* Eucithara marginelloides (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara milia (R.A. Philippi, 1851)
* Eucithara miriamica Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara monochoria Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara moraria Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara nana (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara nevilliana (Preston, 1904)
* Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara pagoda (May, 1911)
* Eucithara paucicostata (Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara perhumerata Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* Eucithara planilabrum (Reeve, 1843)
* Eucithara pulchella (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara pulchra Bozzetti, 2009
* Eucithara pusilla (Pease, 1860)
* Eucithara ringens (Sowerby III, 1893)
* Eucithara rufolineata S. Higo & Y. Goto, 1993
* Eucithara seychellarum (Smith E. A., 1884)
* Eucithara solida (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
* Eucithara striatella (Smith E. A., 1884)
* Eucithara striatissima (Sowerby III, 1907)
* Eucithara stromboides (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara subglobosa (Hervier, 1897)
* Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
* Eucithara tenebrosa (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara trivittata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* Eucithara turricula (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara typhonota (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* Eucithara typica (Smith E. A., 1884)
* Eucithara ubuhle Kilburn, 1992
* Eucithara unicolor Bozzetti, 2020
* Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
* Eucithara vexillum (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara villaumeae Kilburn & Dekker, 2008
* Eucithara vitiensis (Smith E. A., 1884)
* Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Eucithara abyssicola (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara anna F.P. Jousseaume, 1883: synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara balansai J.C.H. Crosse, 1873: synonym of Eucithara angela (A. Adams & G.F. Angas, 1864)
* Eucithara basedowi Hedley, 1918 : synonym of Pseudanachis basedowi (Hedley, 1918)
* Eucithara biclathrata S.M. Souverbie in S.M. Souverbie & R.P. Montrouzier, 1872 : synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara brevis W.H. Pease, 1867: synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
* Eucithara butonensis (Schepman, 1913): synonym of Cytharopsis butonensis (Schepman, 1913)
* Eucithara capillacea (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara chionea J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1899: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara citharella E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Eucithara lyra (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara compta (Adams & Angas, 1864)synonym of Marita compta (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
* Eucithara coniformis S.M. Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Eucithara souverbiei (Tryon, 1884)
* Eucithara crassilabrum (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Gingicithara cylindrica (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara daedalea W.H. Pease, 1867: synonym of Eucithara debilis (Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara deliciosa K.H. Barnard, 1959: synonym of Pseudorhaphitoma ichthys (Melvill, J.C., 1910)
* Eucithara effosa P.F. Röding, 1798: synonym of Eucithara subterranea (P.F. Röding, 1798)
* Eucithara eupoecila R.P.J. Hervier, 1897: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara euselma (Melvill & Standen, 1896) : synonym of Gingicithara notabilis (E. A. Smith, 1888)
* Eucithara glariosa (A.A. Gould, 1860): synonym of Cythara glareosa Gould, A.A., 1860
* Eucithara guestieri (Souverbie, 1872): synonym of Eucithara novaehollandiae (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara hornbeckii L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara hypercalles Melvill, J.C., 1898: synonym of Eucithara fusiformis (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara iota A.A. Gould, 1860: synonym of Eucithara lota (Gould, 1860)
* Eucithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65) : synonym of Gingicithara lyrica (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara matakuana (Smith, 1884) : synonym of Eucithara delacouriana (Crosse, 1869)
* Eucithara onager (S.M. Souverbie, 1875): synonym of Eucithara conohelicoides (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara optabilis G.B. III Sowerby, 1907: synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara pallida (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara pellucida (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Citharomangelia pellucida (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara phyllidis Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Anacithara phyllidis (Hedley, 1922)
* Eucithara pura H.A. Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Eucithara albivestis (H.A. Pilsbry, 1934)
* Eucithara porcellanea (Kilburn, 1992): synonym of Leiocithara Hedley, 1922
* Eucithara pygmaea G.B. Sowerby, 1846: synonym of Eucithara isseli (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
* Eucithara quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Citharomangelia quadrilineata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
* Eucithara raffini R.P.J. Hervier, 1897: synonym of Eucithara unilineata (Smith E. A., 1876)
* Eucithara reticulata (Reeve, 1846) : synonym of Eucithara obesa (Reeve, 1846)
* Eucithara rubrocincta E.A. Smith, 1882: synonym of Eucithara vittata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara semizonata (Hervier, 1897): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara signa J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1896, 1897: synonym of Eucithara eumerista (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* Eucithara stellatomoides (Shuto, 1883): synonym of Antiguraleus stellatomoides Shuto, 1983
* Eucithara subgibbosa (Hervier, 1897): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara triticea L.A. Reeve, 1843: synonym of Eucithara angiostoma (W.H. Pease, 1868)
* Eucithara unifasciata (G.P. Deshayes, 1834) : synonym of Mangelia unifasciata (Deshayes, 1835)
* Eucithara waterhousei (Smith E. A., 1884) : synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
* Eucithara zonata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Eucithara coronata (Hinds, 1843)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following names in current use to the list
* Eucithara cinnamomea cinnamomea (Hinds, 1843-g)
* Eucithara cithara (Gould, 1851): synonym of Eucithara coronata cithara (A.A. Gould, 1851)
* Eucithara gracilis gracilis (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65)
* Eucithara gracilis striolata (Bouge & Dautzenberg, 1914)