Eucyclotoma trivaricosa

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

Eucyclotoma trivaricosa
Shell of Eucyclotoma trivaricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Eucyclotoma
Species:
E. trivaricosa
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma trivaricosa
(Martens, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella trivaricosa Martens, 1880
  • Daphnella trizonata (E. A. Smith, 1882)

Description

The size of the mollusks shell reaches up to 15 mm in length and is light yellowish white in color.

The shell shows four or five revolving ridges on the body whorl, with intermediate close revolving striae. There are no longitudinal ribs except on the upper whorls of the spire, subcontinuously three-varicose.[2]

The uppermost whorls are strongly variced, the lower ones usually plain.[3]

Distribution

It was originally found off Mauritius and Réunion; also in the Gulf of Oman.

References

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