Eucyclotoma exilis

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

Eucyclotoma exilis
Shell of Eucyclotoma exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Eucyclotoma
Species:
E. exilis
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma exilis
(Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella pulcherrima H. Adams, 1871
  • Defrancia tricarinata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Eucyclotoma pulcherrima Adams, 1871 :
  • Eucyclotoma tricarinata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma tricarinata Reeve, 1843 (not Kiener, 1840)
  • Pseudodaphnella (Eucyclotoma) tricarinata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Purpura (Polytropa) exilis Dunker, 1871

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The white shell is finely decussated by raised striae. The body whorl shows three keels, the upper ones are one-keeled.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Samoa and Queensland, Australia

References
  1. Australian Faunal Directory: Eucyclotoma exilis
  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.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Dunker, G. 1871. Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter 18: 150–175
  • Adams, H. 1872. Descriptions of fourteen new species of land and marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 12-15; pl. 13
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23 [
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • OBIS: Eucyclotoma exilis


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