Eucyclotoma exilis

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Eucyclotoma exilis
Shell of Eucyclotoma exilis
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. exilis
Binomial name
Eucyclotoma exilis
(Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella pulcherrima H. Adams, 1871
  • Defrancia tricarinata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Eucyclotoma pulcherrima Adams, 1871 :
  • Eucyclotoma tricarinata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma tricarinata Reeve, 1843 (not Kiener, 1840)
  • Pseudodaphnella (Eucyclotoma) tricarinata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Purpura (Polytropa) exilis Dunker, 1871

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

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The white shell is finely decussated by raised striae. The body whorl shows three keels, the upper ones are one-keeled.[2]

Distribution

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