Eucyclotoma hindsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Eucyclotoma hindsii | |
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| Shell of Eucyclotoma hindsii | |
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. hindsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucyclotoma hindsii (Reeve, 1843)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma hindsii Reeve, 1843 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.
The white shell is faintly variegated with pale brown. The body whorl shows four distant revolving ridges, the others with two. The shell is delicately cancellated with numerous compressed smaller ribs.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and the Marianas
References edit
- ^ a b Eucyclotoma hindsii (Reeve, 1843). 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.
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.)(2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Eucyclotoma hindsii