Eulimella
Shell of Eulimella abdita (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Turbonillinae
Tribe:	Eulimellini
Genus:	Eulimella Forbes & Mac Andrew, 1846
Type species
Eulima macandrei Forbes, 1844
Synonyms[1]
† Aciculina Deshayes, 1861 (invalid: junior homonym of Aciculina A. Adams, 1853) Anisocycla Monterosato, 1880 † Baudonia Bayan, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Baudonia Mabille, 1868 [Arionidae]; Belonidium is a replacement name) † Eulimella (Belonidium) Cossmann, 1892· accepted, alternate representation Instarella Laseron, 1959 Odostomia (Anisocycla) Monterosato, 1880 (original rank as subgenus) Odostomia (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846 Pyramidella (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846 † Rhaphium Bayan, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Rhaphium Meigen, 1822 [Diptera]; Baudonia and Belonidium are replacement names)

Eulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1][2][3]

The subgenus name Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892 or Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) Sacco, 1892 has been used to describe species whose shells show a weak fold on the columella and frequently a brownish spiral band. Van Aartsen decided not to subdivide Eulimella s.l. because of the uncertainty of the identification of the type species of this subgenus compared with Tornatella pyramidata Deshayes, 183

Description

Many species are poorly known. The elongated, turriculate shells are small, mostly under 1 cm. They are somewhat glossy and show no sculpture except a few microscopic growth lines. The teleoconch has numerous whorls. The apex is sinistral. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is not continuous. The columella is straight, without plications. They lack a columellar tooth.

The animal has short tentacles. The mentum, a thin projection below the mouth, is lobed in front. The anterior extremity of the foot is truncated.^[4]

This family was described by Peñas A. & Rolán E. in 1997 ^[5] and again in 2000.^[6] Van Aartsen et al. gave in 1988 a stable nomenclature of the genus ^[7][8]

Notes

Additional information regarding this genus:^[1]

• Authority: Authority of Octopus in Vaught, K.C. et al. (1989). A classification of the Living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). XII, 195 pp.t is Jeffreys, 1847.For the authority we followed ITIS database

Species

Species within the genus Eulimella include:^[1]

According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, the following species do not belong in Eulimella:^[9]

• Eulimella argentina Doello-Jurado, 1938 : synonym of Turbonilla argentina (Doello-Jurado, 1938)
• Eulimella bahiensis Castellanos, 1982: synonym of Turbonilla bahiensis (Castellanos, 1982)

The following species were brought into synonymy:^[1]

The following species are nomina dubia (names of unknown or doubtful application):^[1]

• Eulimella superflua (Monterosato, 1875) (nomen dubium)
• Eulimella turris (Forbes, 1844) (nomen dubium)

References

• ALEXANDRE DIAS PIMENTA, FRANKLIN NOEL DOS SANTOS & RICARDO SILVA ABSALÃO, Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species; Zootaxa 3063: 22–38 (2011), ISSN 1175-5334
• Aartsen, J.J. van, 1994. European Pyramidellidae: IV. The genera Eulimella, Anisocycla, Syrnola, Cingulina, Oscilla and Careliopsis.— Bull , malac. 30: 85-109.
• Pimenta, A.D., Santos, F.N. & Absalao, R.S., 2011. Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38
• Peñas A. & Rolán E., 2016. Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. 3. The tribes Eulimellini and Syrnolini., p. 1-304

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