Elaeocyma is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Drilliidae

Drilliidae

Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...

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Species

Species within the genus Elaeocyma include:

• Elaeocyma amplinucis
  Elaeocyma amplinucis
  Elaeocyma amplinucis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands.-References:...
  
  McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Elaeocyma arenensis
  Elaeocyma arenensis
  Elaeocyma arenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Eastern Pacific off the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico-References:...
  
  (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Elaeocyma empyrosia
  Elaeocyma empyrosia
  Elaeocyma empyrosia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-References:* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids ...
  
  (Dall, 1899)
• Elaeocyma melichroa
  Elaeocyma melichroa
  Elaeocyma melichroa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.-References:...
  
  McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Elaeocyma ricaudae
  Elaeocyma ricaudae
  Elaeocyma ricaudae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Panama.-References:...
  
  Berry, 1969
• Elaeocyma splendidula
  Elaeocyma splendidula
  Elaeocyma splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The shell grows to a length of 28 mm. The whorls are smooth. The shell is longitudinally ribbed below the tuberculate periphery. The tubercles and ribs are slight, the latter curved,...
  
  (Sowerby I, 1834)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Elaeocyma abdera Dall, 1919 : synonym of Crassispira abdera
  Crassispira abdera
  Crassispira abdera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma acapulcana Lowe, 1935 : synonym of Drillia acapulcana
  Drillia acapulcana
  Drillia acapulcana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Originally named Elaeocyma acapulcana by H.N. Lowe in 1935, it was renamed Drillia acapulcana by Mclean in 1971 -Distribution:...
  
  (Lowe, 1935)
• Elaeocyma aegina Dall, 1919 : synonym of Calliclava aegina
  Calliclava aegina
  Calliclava aegina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. According to Gastropods.com, Calliclava aegina is a synonym of Calliclava pallida...
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma aerope Dall, 1919 : synonym of Drillia aerope
  Drillia aerope
  Drillia aerope is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-References:* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids . Zootaxa 682:1-1295-External links:*...
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma arbela Dall, 1919 : synonym of Cymatosyrinx arbela
  Cymatosyrinx arbela
  Cymatosyrinx arbela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-References:* Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids . Zootaxa 682:1-1295....
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma craneana Hertlein & Strong, 1951 : synonym of Calliclava craneana
  Calliclava craneana
  Calliclava craneana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. -External links:*...
  
  (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Elaeocyma halocydne Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kylix halocydne
  Kylix halocydne
  Kylix halocydne is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae that lives in a tropical climate, usually in the Eastern Pacific area.-References:...
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma ianthe Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kylix ianthe
  Kylix ianthe
  Kylix ianthe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California, Mexico to Panama-References:...
  
  (Dall, 1919)
• Elaeocyma salvadorica Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Clathrodrillia salvadorica
  Clathrodrillia salvadorica
  Clathrodrillia salvadorica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.-External links:*...
  
  (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also includes the following names in current use :

• † Elaeocyma benten (Yokoyama, 1920)
• Elaeocyma glabriuscula glabriuscula (Yokoyama, 1922)
• Elaeocyma glabriuscula brevis (Yokoyama, 1922)

The following species are also included in this genus by the Shell Catalogue :

• Elaeocyma attalia Dall, 1919
• Elaeocyma baileyi Berry, 1969
• Elaeocyma clavata (Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834)
• † Elaeocyma chinenensis MacNeil, 1960 (synonym: Splendrillia chinenensis)
• Elaeocyma impressa Hinds, 1843