Eulimella scillae

Eulimella scillae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

Eulimella scillae
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella scillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species:
E. scillae
Binomial name
Eulimella scillae
(Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimella macandrei (Forbes, 1844)
  • Melania scillae Scacchi, 1835
  • Odostomia nisoides Brugnone, 1873
  • Odostomia scillae (Scacchi, 1835)

Description

The white shell is rather solid and polished. Its length measures 9 mm. The teleoconch contains 11 to 12 flatly convex whorls. The last whorls are subangulated on the periphery.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1] at depths between 99 m and 200 m [6]

  • Azores
  • Canary Islands
  • Cape Verdes
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Madeira
  • North Europe
  • Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Mauritania
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References
  1. Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.
  2. de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
  3. 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
  4. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  5. G.W. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII; p. 339
  6. 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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