Echineulima leucophaes
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(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda
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Species: | E. leucophaes
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Echineulima leucophaes Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
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Echineulima leucophaes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. [1]
Description
The shell is rather large compared to other species within the Eulimidae family, with the average specimen measuring approximately 10 mm in length.
References
- ^ Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180957 on 2013-01-14.
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