Eulimella variabilis

Eulimella variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. variabilis
Binomial name
Eulimella variabilis
de Folin, 1870
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimella chasteri Dautzenberg, 1912
  • Obeliscus gracillima Smith, E.A., 1872

Eulimella variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2] [3]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. This is a very variable species. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania at depths between 0 m and 62 m. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Eulimella variabilis de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577058 on 2011-10-26
  2. ^ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. [5 June 1997]
  3. ^ a b c 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)

External links

External identifiers for Eulimella variabilis
WoRMS 577058