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

Eucyclotoma lactea
Eucyclotoma lactea (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. lactea
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma lactea
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eucyclotoma molleri (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma lactea Reeve, 1843

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Taiwan and French Polynesia

References

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  1. ^ a b Eucyclotoma lactea (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.)(2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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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.
  • Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]