Eulima perspicua

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Eulima perspicua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Eulima
Species:
E. perspicua
Binomial name
Eulima perspicua
(Oliver, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Hemiliostraca perspicua Oliver, 1915
  • Subularia perspicua Oliver, 1915

Eulima perspicua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. [1] [2]

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

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References

  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulima perspicua (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598705 on 2014-12-20
  2. Oliver W.R.B. (1915) The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47, 509–568, pls. 9–12., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_47/rsnz_47_00_008530.html