Eulimella sinuata

Eulimella sinuata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Eulimella
Species:	E. sinuata
Binomial name
	Eulimella sinuata; van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998

Eulimella sinuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell has the shape of a very slender, elongated cone. Its length measures between 3.3 mm and 4.5 mm. Its colour is whitish, sometimes with a very faint yellowish-brown, spiral band around the periphery. The whorls of the protoconch are somewhat spirally coiled. The six to seven nearly flat whorls of the teleoconch are slightly angled at the periphery. The suture is very clearly marked. The growth lines are leaning forward with respect to the direction of the cone. The surface of the shell is smooth lacking further sculpture. The outer lip is straight adapically, turning into a gentle curve below. The umbilicus is lacking. As with the species in this genus, there is no columellar tooth but only an indistinct fold.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Cape Verde at depths between 225m and 930 m.

References

Bouchet, P. (2010). Eulimella sinuata van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224484 on 2011-10-26
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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)

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2010). Eulimella sinuata van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224484 on 2011-10-26

[2] Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

[3] 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)