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Eucyclotoma inquinata

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Species of gastropod

Eucyclotoma inquinata
Shell of Eucyclotoma inquinata
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. inquinata
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma inquinata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma inquinata Reeve, 1845

Eucyclotoma inquinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is spirally ridged and closely longitudinally striated. The sinus is deep. The color of the shell is whitish, stained here and there with orange-brown.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ Eucyclotoma inquinata (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Taxon identifiers
Eucyclotoma inquinata
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