Gastropods

Eucithara subglobosa

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 21–21 m

A tiny predatory sea snail of the turrid group, this species turns up on the bottom at shallow depths around twenty metres in American Samoa. Like its relatives it hunts small worms, subduing prey with a venom delivered through a hollow harpoon shaped tooth.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Mangeliidae › Eucithara

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 433762.