Eulimella herosae

Eulimella herosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Eulimella
Species:	E. herosae
Binomial name
	Eulimella herosae; van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000

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

The epithet "herosae" refers to Mrs V. Héros of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France.[3]

Description

The size of the slender, conical shell varies between 2.9 mm and 4.3 mm. The apex of the shell is blunt. The color of the shell is whitish to light cream, but has a brown stripe at the boundary between the protoconch and the first whorl. The teleoconch consists of five to six flat whorls with a marked suture between them. These whorls may be slightly concave to somewhat turreted. The shell lacks a columella tooth or teeth on the outer lip. The growthlines are prosocline, i.e. they lean forward (adapically) with respect to the direction of the cone.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Cape Verdes at depths between 160 m and 540 m [3]

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References

Eulimella herosae van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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)

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[WoRMS-1] Eulimella herosae van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.

[2] Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

[Aartsen-3] 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)