Eucyclotoma carinulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Eucyclotoma carinulata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Eucyclotoma |
| Species: | E. carinulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucyclotoma carinulata (Souverbie, 1875)
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Description
editThe 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
editTHis marine species occurs off New Caledonia
References
edit- ^ a b Eucyclotoma carinulata (Souverbie, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
External links
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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.