Eulimella paucisulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
| Eulimella paucisulcata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Eulimella |
| Species: | E. paucisulcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulimella paucisulcata Peñas & Rolán, 1997[1]
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Description edit
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 edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania and Ghana at a depth of 0 m.[3]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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)