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Eulimella polita

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Species of gastropod

Eulimella polita
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Eulimella
Species: E. polita
Binomial name
Eulimella polita
(A. E. Verrill, 1872)
Synonyms

Eulimella polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Nomenclature

The name Eulimella polita (A. E. Verrill, 1872) is a secondary junior homonym of Eulimella polita de Folin, 1870 , and thus an invalid name. In such a case, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature requires that the younger name Eulimella polita (A.E. Verrill, 1872) be replaced by a substitute name. However, there is no substitute name available at this moment (January 2012). Until such a substitute name is established, WoRMS lists provisionally the two species as distinct, although one is designated by an invalid name.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 8.4 mm. This species differs from the other species in this genus by its continuous peristome. The teleoconch contains twelve whorls that are well rounded, smooth and glossy.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:

  • Distribution: Cobscook Bay and Eastport, Maine to New Jersey

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Eulimella polita (A. E. Verrill, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160309 on 2011-10-26
  2. ITIS database
  3. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  4. Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  5. Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 342; 1889

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Taxon identifiers
Eulimella polita
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