Eulimella simplex
| Eulimella simplex | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Eulimella simplex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Eulimella |
| Species: | E. simplex
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulimella simplex (d'Orbigny, 1841)
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Eulimella simplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 343; 1889