Eulimella cerullii

Eulimella cerullii
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella cerullii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. cerullii
Binomial name
Eulimella cerullii
(Cossmann, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimella praelonga (Jeffreys, 1884)
  • Odostomia praelonga Jeffreys, 1884 (not Odostomia praelonga Deshayes, 1861)
  • Syrnola cerullii Cossmann, 1916

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 7 mm. The thin, semitransparent, white shell is very glossy. The teleoconch contains ten whorls that are flattened and with a slight suture. The columella has a small, tooth-like thickening.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2010). Eulimella cerullii (Cossmann, 1916). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140947 on 2011-10-26
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. ↑ 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]
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 341; 1889 (described as Eulimella praelonga)
  5. ↑ 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 identifiers for Eulimella cerullii
Encyclopedia of Life 4812297
WoRMS 140947
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