Eulimella paucisulcata

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

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]

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  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)
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