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Eucyclotoma carinulata

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Eucyclotoma carinulata
Shell of Eucyclotoma carinulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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

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

Description

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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

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THis marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References

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  • Souverbie, M. (1875) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 23, 282–296.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.