Eulimella cerullii

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| taxon = Eulimella cerullii

| authority = (Cossmann, 1916)

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  • Eulimella praelonga (Jeffreys, 1884)
  • Odostomia praelonga Jeffreys, 1884 (not Odostomia praelonga Deshayes, 1861)
  • Syrnola cerullii Cossmann, 1916

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Eulimella cerullii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.{{WRMS species|140947|Eulimella cerullii (Cossmann, 1916)||20 December 2018}}Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. [5 June 1997]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 7 mm. The thin, semitransparent, white shell is very glossy. The teleoconch contains ten whorls that are flattened and with a slight suture. The columella has a small, tooth-like thickening.[https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up Manual of Conchology vol. VIII], G.W. Tryon, p. 341; 1889 (described as Eulimella praelonga)

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone : Madeira (at a depth of 1100 m)[http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/44074 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)]
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone

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