Eulimella

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Eulimella
Eulimella abdita (MNHN-IM-2000-31972) 001.jpeg
Shell of Eulimella abdita (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Tribe: Eulimellini
Genus: Eulimella
Forbes & Mac Andrew, 1846
Type species
Eulima macandrei
Forbes, 1844
Synonyms [1]
  • † AciculinaDeshayes, 1861 (invalid: junior homonym of AciculinaA. Adams, 1853)
  • AnisocyclaMonterosato, 1880
  • † BaudoniaBayan, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of BaudoniaMabille, 1868 [Arionidae]; Belonidium is a replacement name)
  • † Eulimella (Belonidium)Cossmann, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
  • InstarellaLaseron, 1959
  • Odostomia (Anisocycla)Monterosato, 1880 (original rank as subgenus)
  • Odostomia (Eulimella)Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
  • Pyramidella (Eulimella)Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
  • † RhaphiumBayan, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of RhaphiumMeigen, 1822 [Diptera]; Baudonia and Belonidium are replacement names)

Eulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The subgenus name Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892 or Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) Sacco, 1892 has been used to describe species whose shells show a weak fold on the columella and frequently a brownish spiral band. Van Aartsen decided not to subdivide Eulimella s.l. because of the uncertainty of the identification of the type species of this subgenus compared with Tornatella pyramidata Deshayes, 183

Description

Many species are poorly known. The elongated, turriculate shells are small, mostly under 1 cm. They are somewhat glossy and show no sculpture except a few microscopic growth lines. The teleoconch has numerous whorls. The apex is sinistral. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is not continuous. The columella is straight, without plications. They lack a columellar tooth.

The animal has short tentacles. The mentum, a thin projection below the mouth, is lobed in front. The anterior extremity of the foot is truncated. [4]

This family was described by Peñas A. & Rolán E. in 1997 [5] and again in 2000. [6] Van Aartsen et al. gave in 1988 a stable nomenclature of the genus [7] [8]

Notes

Additional information regarding this genus: [1]

Species

Species within the genus Eulimella include: [1]

According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, the following species do not belong in Eulimella: [9]

The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]


The following species are nomina dubia (names of unknown or doubtful application): [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Eulimella Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138404 on 27 August 2012
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 319
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2000). The family Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) in West Africa. 7. Addenda to the genera Eulimella and Turbonilla, with a list of the east Atlantic species and synonyms. Argonauta 13(2): 59-80.
  7. ↑ van Aartsen J.J. (1988). Nomenclatural notes. 6. The generic name Eulimella (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Pyramidellidae), authorship and type species. Basteria 52(4-6): 171-174
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334
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