''Eucyclotoma'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Eucyclotoma'' include:
* ''
Eucyclotoma albomacula''
Kay, 1979
* ''
Eucyclotoma bicarinata''
(Pease, 1863)
* ''
Eucyclotoma carinulata''
(Souverbie, 1875)
* ''
Eucyclotoma cingulata''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''
Eucyclotoma cymatodes''
(Hervier, 1897)
* ''
Eucyclotoma exilis''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Eucyclotoma fusiformis''
(Garrett, 1873)
* ''
Eucyclotoma hindsii''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Eucyclotoma inquinata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Eucyclotoma lactea''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Eucyclotoma stegeri''
(McGinty, 1955)
* ''
Eucyclotoma tricarinata''
(Kiener, 1840)
* ''
Eucyclotoma trivaricosa''
(Martens, 1880)
* ''
Eucyclotoma varicifera
''Eucyclotoma varicifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description) The elongate shell is straightly acuminat ...
''
(Pease, 1868)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Eucyclotoma minuta''
Reeve, 1844 : synonym of ''
Nepotilla minuta''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
* ''Eucyclotoma molleri''
(Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''
Eucyclotoma lactea''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''Eucyclotoma nobilis''
Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''
Eucyclotoma tricarinata''
(Kiener, 1840)
* ''Eucyclotoma pulcherrima''
Adams, 1871 : synonym of ''
Eucyclotoma exilis''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''Eucyclotoma ticaonica''
Reeve, 1845: synonym of ''
Daphnella ticaonica''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''Eucyclotoma tricarinata''
Reeve, 1843 : synonym of ''
Eucyclotoma exilis''
(Dunker, 1871)
References
* Boettger, O. 1895. ''Die marinen Mollusken der Philippinen. IV. Die Pleurotomiden''. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooligischen Gesellschaft 27(1-2, 3-4): 1-20, 41-63
* 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
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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