Eulimella paucisulcata
| Eulimella paucisulcata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Eulimella |
| Species: | E. paucisulcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulimella paucisulcata Peñas & Rolán, 1997[1] | |
Eulimella paucisulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
The helicocone shell can be distinguished from the shell of Eulimella angeli by a clear protoconch - teleoconch boundary. Furthermore the growthlines are straight and orthocline (at right angles to the growth direction of the helicocone). [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania and Ghana at a depth of 0 m. [3]
References
- ↑ 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]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Eulimella paucisulcata Peñas & Rolán, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577055 on 2011-10-26
- 1 2 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 paucisulcata | |
|---|---|
| WoRMS | 577055 |
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