Eulimella lissa

Eulimella lissa
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella lissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. lissa
Binomial name
Eulimella lissa
A. E. Verrill, 1884
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyramidella lissa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)

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

Description

The white shell is small with a length of 6 mm. It has a pupiform shape. The teleoconch contains eight flattened whorls . The sculpture is smooth and polished. The suture is dsitnct. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Eulimella lissa A. E. Verrill, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467504 on 2011-10-26
  2. Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 343; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Eulimella lissa
Encyclopedia of Life 4812285
WoRMS 467504
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