Eulimella_paucisulcata

<i>Eulimella paucisulcata</i>

Eulimella paucisulcata

Species of gastropod

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

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Description

The helicocone shell can be distinguished from the shell of Eulimella angeli by a clear protoconch - teleoconch boundary. Furthermore, the growth lines are straight and orthocline (at right angles to the growth direction of the helicocone).[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania and Ghana at a depth of 0 m.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    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. [5 June 1997]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. [2]
    Bouchet, P. (2011). Eulimella paucisulcata Peñas & Rolán, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577055 on 2011-10-26
  3. [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)
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