Eulimella digenes

Eulimella digenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species:
E. digenes
Binomial name
Eulimella digenes
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms

Turbonilla digenes Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896

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

Description

The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm. The teleoconch whorls are slightly convex. The orthocline (i.e. at right angles to the growth direction of the cone) growth lines are inverted-S-shaped. The columella lacks a tooth or fold.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Eulimella digenes (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224478 on 2011-10-26
  2. ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  3. ^ 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)