Eucyclotoma carinulata

Eucyclotoma carinulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Eucyclotoma carinulata
Shell of Eucyclotoma carinulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Eucyclotoma
Species:
E. carinulata
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma carinulata
(Souverbie, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella carinulata (Souverbie, 1875)
  • Pleurotoma carinulata Souverbie, 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

The shell is longitudinally obscurely ribbed, and transversely striated. The ribs disappear towards the base, where the striae become stronger. The body whorl is tricarinate, those of the spire bicarinate. The carinae are nodulous. The color of the shell is whitish, maculated with yellowish chestnut. [2]

Distribution

THis marine species occurs off New Caledonia

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References
  1. Eucyclotoma carinulata (Souverbie, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. 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.
  • Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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