Eulimella simplex

Eulimella simplex
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. simplex
Binomial name
Eulimella simplex
(d'Orbigny, 1841)

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

Description

The white shell is thin. Its length measures 2.3 mm. Its sculpture shows finely spiral striae. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex, with a shallow channel next above the suture. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Eulimella simplex (d'Orbigny, 1841). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532817 on 2011-10-26
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 343; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Eulimella simplex
Encyclopedia of Life 19661428
WoRMS 532817
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