Eulimella vanderlandi

Eulimella vanderlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. vanderlandi
Binomial name
Eulimella vanderlandi
van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000 [1]

Eulimella vanderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

The epithet "vanderlandi" refers to Dr J. van der Land at the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 2.7 mm. The slender, whitish shell has a conical shape with a vague spiral microsculpture. The teleoconch consists of five to six flat whorls. The suture between them is moderately incised. The outer lip is straight, lacking teeth. There is no umbilicus. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b J.J. van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 2)
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Eulimella vanderlandi van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225353 on 2011-10-26
  3. ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links

External identifiers for Eulimella vanderlandi
EOL 10294814
WoRMS 225353