Eulima bifasciata

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Eulima bifasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Eulima
Species:
E. bifasciata
Binomial name
Eulima bifasciata
d'Orbigny, 1841
Synonyms
  • Eulima oleacea Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851
  • Eulima onychina de Folin, 1867

Eulima bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Eulima . [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10.6 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 84 m. [2]
This species is known from seamounts and knolls.
Eulimid snails parasitize the external or internal parts of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars, and other echinoderms, sucking small amounts of their body fluids for a living.
Their slick, glossy shells make it easy for them to live embedded in the bodies of those echinoderms.

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References

  1. d'Orbigny, 1841. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419836 on 2013-01-26.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.