Eulima 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 small, ectoparasitic sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 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...

 Eulimidae

Eulimidae

Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Eulimoidea.These small snails live on or in echinoderms and have a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity.-Genera:...

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Description

The shell is turreted, i.e. with whorls

Whorl (mollusc)

A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...

 in the form of an elongated, towering spiral, tapering to a fine point. The aperture

Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....

 is ovate and entire with the peristome

Peristome

The word peristome is derived from the Greek peri, meaning 'around' or 'about', and stoma, 'mouth'. It is a term used to describe various anatomical features that surround an opening to an organ or structure. The term is used in plants and invertebrate animals, such as in describing the shells of...

 incomplete behind. The outer lip is thick and even.

Species

Species within the genus Eulima include:

• Eulima acerrima Watson, 1883
• Eulima acicularis A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima aclis A. Adams, 1851
• Eulima acutissima (Sowerby, 1866)
• Eulima adamsii Sowerby, 1866
• Eulima admantina de Folin, 1867
• Eulima agulhasensis Thiele, 1925
• Eulima albanyana Turton, 1932
• Eulima albida (Marshall, 1902)
• Eulima algoensis Smith, 1901
• Eulima almo (Bartsch, 1917)
• Eulima altimirai Nordsieck, 1977 : synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Eulima amanda (Thiele, 1925)
• Eulima amblia Watson, 1883
• Eulima angulosa (Jousseaume in Fisher-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
• Eulima angustior Monterosato fide Paetel, 1887
• Eulima anonyma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima antarctica Strebel, 1909
• Eulima antiflexa Monterosato, 1884
• Eulima archeyi Finlay, 1928
• Eulima arcuata C.B. Adams, 1850
• Eulima arcuata Deshayes, 1850
• Eulima attenuata Sowerby in Reeve, 1866
• Eulima atypha Verrill & Bush, 1900
• Eulima aucklandica Suter, 1909
• Eulima augustoi Nobre, 1937
• Eulima auricincta (Abbott, 1958)
• Eulima australasica Melvill & Standen, 1899
• Eulima badia Watson, 1897
• Eulima balteata (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima barthelowi (Bartsch, 1917)
• Eulima bifascialis (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima bifasciata d’Orbigny, 1841
• Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
• Eulima bipartita Mörch, 1860
• Eulima breviuscula Dunker, 1875
• Eulima broadbentae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
• Eulima campyla Watson, 1883
• Eulima capillastericola Bartsch, 1909
• Eulima caroli Dall, 1889
• Eulima chaskanon Watson, 1883
• Eulima chaunax Watson, 1883
• Eulima chionea Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima chyta Watson, 1883
• Eulima cionella Monterosato, 1878
• Eulima columnaria May, 1916
• Eulima communis Verkrüzen fide Paetel, 1887
• Eulima compacta Carpenter, 1864
• Eulima compsa Verrill & Bush, 1900
• Eulima confusa Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima conica Verkrüzen fide Paetel, 1887
• Eulima convexa Smith, 1907
• Eulima crassiuscula Dunker fide Paetel, 1887
• Eulima crossei (Brusina, 1886)
• Eulima cunaeformis May, 1911
• Eulima curva Jeffreys MS, Monterosato, 1874
• Eulima cylindrata Watson, 1883
• Eulima cylindrica Thiele, 1925
• Eulima dautzenbergi Pallary, 1900
• Eulima definita Thiele, 1925
• Eulima dentaliopsis A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima dentiens Dunker, 1871
• Eulima deshayesi Cossmann, 1888
• Eulima devistoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima diaphana Hedley, 1899
• Eulima distincta E.A. Smith, 1904
• Eulima dubia Anton, 1838
• Eulima dubusi Cossmann & Pissarro,
• Eulima dysnoeta Dautzenberg & Foscher, 1896
• Eulima eburnea A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima elata (Dall, 1927)
• Eulima elodia de Folin, 1867
• Eulima elongata Ivolas & Peyrot, Not in 1900 (Bull Soc Linn Bord 55212)
• Eulima encopicola Warén & Templado, 1994
• Eulima ephamilla Watson, 1883
• Eulima eurychada Watson, 1883
• Eulima excellens Verkrüzen fide Paetel, 1887
• Eulima exigua (Marshall, 1902)
• Eulima exulata E.A. Smith, 1915
• Eulima fischeri Dautzenberg, 1912
• Eulima flexa A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima flexuosa A. Adams, 1851
• Eulima franquiae Oberling, 1970
• Eulima fricata Hedley, 1907
• Eulima fulva Watson, 1897
• Eulima fulvocincta C. B. Adams, 1850
• Eulima fuscescens E. A. Smith, 1890
• Eulima fuscostrigata Carpenter, 1864
• Eulima fuscozonata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima fusus Dall, 1889
• Eulima gentilomiana Issel, A., 1869
• Eulima germana E. A. Smith, 1890
• Eulima gibba de Folin, 1867
• Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826
• Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
• Eulima gomphus Watson, 1883
• Eulima gracilenta (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima gratiosa Thiele, 1925
• Eulima grimaldii Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima hastata (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima hians Watson, 1883
• Eulima hyalina Watson, 1883
• Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
• Eulima inca (Bartsch, 1926)
• Eulima incerta Anton, 1838
• Eulima incerta d'Orbigny, 1842
• Eulima incolor Warén, A. & Ph. Bouchet, 1986
• Eulima inconspicua Watson, 1891
• Eulima indeflexa A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima insueta Dautzenberg, 1923 : synonym of Goubinia insueta (Dautzenberg, 1923)
• Eulima iota C.B. Adams, 1852
• Eulima jaculum (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
• Eulima jucunda Thiele, 1925
• Eulima kawamurai Habe, 1961
• Eulima koeneni Brusina, 1893
• Eulima labiosa Sowerby, 1834
• Eulima lacca Kuroda & Habe, 1971
• Eulima lactea A. Adams, 1854
• Eulima langleyi Sowerby, 1892
• Eulima lapazana (Bartsch, 1917)
• Eulima latipes Watson, 1883
• Eulima leachi (A. Adams, 1861)
• Eulima legrandi Beddome, 1883
• Eulima leptostoma E.A. Smith, 1910
• Eulima leptozona Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896
• Eulima lodderae (Tate MS, Lodder, 1900)
• Eulima major (Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834)
• Eulima mamilla May, 1916
• Eulima mangonuica Powell, 1940
• Eulima manzoniana Issel, 1869
• Eulima martyni Auctt.,
• Eulima masseneti Folin, 1867 : synonym of Eulima fulvocincta C. B. Adams, 1850
• Eulima minuscula Turton, 1932
• Eulima mioacutissima (Sacco, 1892)
• Eulima modesta Thiele, 1925
• Eulima modicella A. Adams, 1851
• Eulima montagueana Iredale, 1914
• Eulima mulata Rios & Absalao, 1990
• Eulima newtoni Brusina, 1893
• Eulima nitidula Deshayes, 1850
• Eulima oblonga Boettger, 1893
• Eulima obtusa De Folin, 1870
• Eulima onychina Folin, 1867 : synonym of Eulima bifasciata d’Orbigny, 1841
• Eulima otagoensis Powell, 1927
• Eulima oxyacme Suter, 1908
• Eulima pachychila Boettger, 1893
• Eulima padangensis (Thiele, 1925)
• Eulima panamensis (Bartsch, 1917)
• Eulima parfaiti de Folin, 1887
• Eulima parva Sowerby, 1866
• Eulima patula Dall & Simpson, 1901
• Eulima paxillus Hedley, 1904
• Eulima pelluscens A. Adams,
• Eulima peracuta Thiele, 1925
• Eulima perminima Jeffreys, 1883
• Eulima petterdi Beddome, 1883
• Eulima philippiana Dunker, 1860
• Eulima philippii Weinkauff, 1868
• Eulima picturata (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima politissima Newton, 1895
• Eulima psila Watson, 1883
• Eulima pusilla (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima pyramidalis A. Adams, 1851
• Eulima reclinata A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima recta C.B. Adams, 1852
• Eulima rectiuscula Dall, 1890 : synonym of Eulima ephamilla Watson, 1883
• Eulima recurva Boettger, 1893
• Eulima riss Cantraine, 1835
• Eulima rutila Carpenter, 1864
• Eulima salsa (Bartsch, 1926)
• Eulima sarsi Bush, 1909
• Eulima scitula A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima semitorta A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima similis Thiele, 1925
• Eulima simplex Sowerby, 1897
• Eulima solitaria E.A. Smith, 1915
• Eulima strongylostoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Eulima stylata A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima subcarinata (d'Orbigny, 1842): synonym of Eulimostraca subcarinata (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Eulima subconica E.A. Smith, 1890
• Eulima subula d'Orbigny, 1852
• Eulima sumatrensis Thiele, 1925
• Eulima taeniata (A. Adams, 1864)
• Eulima tenisoni Tryon, 1886
• Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864
• Eulima tithaica Suter, 1908
• Eulima tornata (Thiele, 1925)
• Eulima townsendi (Bartsch, 1917)
• Eulima translucida E.A. Smith, 1901
• Eulima triggi Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
• Eulima tristis Thiele, 1925
• Eulima truncata Suter, 1908
• Eulima tulearensis Lamy, 1910
• Eulima tumidula Thiele, 1912
• Eulima turgidula Deshayes,
• Eulima undulosa de Folin, 1893
• Eulima unilineata (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Eulima valida A. Adams, 1861
• Eulima varians Sowerby, 1834
• Eulima venusta Pease, 1868
• Eulima victoriae Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914