Eulimella acicula
Species of gastropod
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Eulimella acicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][3][4]
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| Drawing of a shell of Eulimella acicula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Eulimella |
| Species: | E. acicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulimella acicula (Philippi, 1836) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Description
The shell is rather thin, semitransparent, polished, glassy white in live, milk-white in dead specimens. Its length measures 4.3 mm. The teleoconch contains 8-9 narrow whorls. These are flattened with their periphery scarcely angulated.[5]
Distribution
This species is common in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. It occurs in the following locations:[1] at depths between 99 m and 550 m[2]
- Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Irish Exclusive Economic Zone
- Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zóne
- North West Coast of Apulea
- Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
- the Canary Islands
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:[1]
- Synonymy: Synonymised with Eulimella laevis (Brown, 1827)[6]
- Monterosato had changed the name to Eulimella. commutata on account of Auricula acicula, Lam., a fossil species which is a very doubtful Eulimella.
The species Eulimella commutata Monterosato, 1884 is now considered by van Aartsen a synonym of Eulimella acicula[2]
