Eulimella ventricosa

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Eulimella ventricosa
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Drawing of a shell of Eulimella ventricosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species:
E. ventricosa
Binomial name
Eulimella ventricosa
(Forbes, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cima ventricosa(Forbes, 1844)
  • Eulima affinis Philippi, R.A., 1844
  • Eulimella gracilisJeffreys, 1847
  • Eulimella obeliscusJeffreys, 1858
  • Eulimella gracilisJeffreys, J.G., 1869
  • Odostomia ventricosa(Forbes, 1844)
  • Odostomia ventricosa var. minimaMonterosato, 1880
  • Parthenia ventricosaForbes, 1844
  • Pyramidella ventricosa(Forbes, 1844)

Eulimella ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Description

The shell is yellowish white with irregular light chestnut undulating longitudinal stripes, more or less intensified into revolving bands. The size of the shell varies between 1.9 mm and 6.2 mm. Compared to Eulimella acicula, the shell of Eulimella ventricosa is thinner, with tumid whorls and a deeper suture. The shell is slightly striated longitudinally, with the body whorl ventricose. The columella is triplicate. [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations [1] at depths between 65 m and 480 m: [6]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eulimella ventricosa (Forbes, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 December 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  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, p. 299 and 340 (described as Pyramidella ventricosa); 1889
  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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