Eucyclotoma varicifera

Eucyclotoma varicifera
	hell of Eucyclotoma varicifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Eucyclotoma
Species:	E. varicifera
Binomial name
	Eucyclotoma varicifera; (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
	Daphnella varicifera Pease, 1868

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The elongate shell is straightly acuminate, rather light and thin. It is decussated by longitudinal and transverse ridges. It contains six, flatly convex whorls, furnished here and there with somewhat indistinct varices. The aperture is wide. The siphonal canal is short. The color of the shell is white, stained with reddish brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Paumotus, Polynesia.

References

Eucyclotoma varicifera (Pease, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

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[WoRMS-1] Eucyclotoma varicifera (Pease, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.