Eucyclotoma inquinata

Eucyclotoma inquinata
Shell of Eucyclotoma inquinata
Scientific classification
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 [1]
Pleurotoma inquinataReeve, 1845

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

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. ^[2]

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 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.