Eulimella scillae

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

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]

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
^ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon (1889); p. 339
^ 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[]

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[WoRMS-1] Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2018.

[2] 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] Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon (1889); 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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Eulimella scillae

Drawing of a shell of Eulimella scillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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)