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

^ 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
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 343; 1889

External links

[WoRMS-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

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