Eucyclotoma albomacula | |
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Eucyclotoma sp., specimen at French National Museum of Natural History (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle), Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Eucyclotoma |
Species: | E. albomacula
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Binomial name | |
Eucyclotoma albomacula Kay, 1979
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Eucyclotoma albomacula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1] It was first described by E. Alison Kay in 1979 and is distinguished by a single spiral keel on each whorl with axial white stripes; the species name (albomacula) is derived from the Latin albo (white) and macula (speck or spot).[2]