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Eulima Risso, 1826

Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)Specimen from Cabo Pino, Málaga, Spain, 15 m (actual size 10.3 mm).
Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
Specimen from Cabo Pino, Málaga, Spain, 15 m (actual size 10.3 mm).

137970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137970)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Vanikoroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Eulimidae (Family)
  9. Eulima (Genus)
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  1. Species Eulima anonyma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  2. Species Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
  3. Species Eulima chaunax R. B. Watson, 1883
  4. Species Eulima chionea Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  5. Species Eulima chyta R. B. Watson, 1883
  6. Species Eulima cylindrata R. B. Watson, 1883
  7. Species Eulima devistoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  8. Species Eulima ephamilla R. B. Watson, 1883
  9. Species Eulima fuscozonata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  10. Species Eulima gomphus R. B. Watson, 1883
  11. Species Eulima incolor Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  12. Species Eulima leptozona Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  13. Species Eulima psila R. B. Watson, 1883
  14. Species Eulima strongylostoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  15. Species Eulima acutalis Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Aclis attenuans Jeffreys, 1883 (synonym)
  16. Species Eulima apicofusca Locard, 1897 accepted as Batheulima fuscoapicata (Jeffreys, 1884) (unjustified emendation)
  17. Species Eulima baptocephala Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 accepted as Fuscapex baptocephalus (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  18. Species Eulima chascanon R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Eulimacrostoma chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Eulima chaskanon R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Eulima chascanon R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Eulimacrostoma chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  20. Species Eulima famelica R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Campylorhaphion famelicum (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Eulima fasciata R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Eulima fuscoapicata Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Batheulima fuscoapicata (Jeffreys, 1884)
  23. Species Eulima fusus Dall, 1889 accepted as Eulimacrostoma fusus (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Eulima geographica de Folin, 1884 accepted as Haliella stenostoma (Jeffreys, 1858) (synonym)
  25. Species Eulima glabra Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912) (secondary junior homonym of Eulima glabra da Costa, 1778)
  26. Species Eulima hebes R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Eulima hians R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Eulima hyalina R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Halielloides hyalina (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Eulima jeffreysii Tryon, 1886 accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (original combination)
  30. Species Eulima martyni Kobelt, 1903 accepted as Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895) (unjustified emendation)
  31. Species Eulima martynjordani H. K. Jordan, 1895 accepted as Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  32. Species Eulima obtusa Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986 (preoccupied by Eulima obtusa de Folin, 1870; Melanella obtusoapicata is a replacement name)
  33. Species Eulima piriformis Brugnone, 1873 † accepted as Vitreolina piriformis (Brugnone, 1873) †
  34. Species Eulima platyacme Sykes, 1903 accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Eulima pseudoglabra Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912 accepted as Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Eulima ptilocrinicola Bartsch, 1907 accepted as Crinolamia ptilocrinicola (Bartsch, 1907) (original combination)
  37. Species Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Eulima solida Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (invalid; not G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  39. Species Eulima solidula Jeffreys, 1880 accepted as Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  40. Species Eulima stenostoma Jeffreys, 1858 accepted as Haliella stenostoma (Jeffreys, 1858) (synonym)
  41. Species Eulima subangulata Jeffreys, 1880 accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  42. Species Eulima unifasciata Forbes, 1844 accepted as Tibersyrnola unifasciata (Forbes, 1844) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): vol. 4 p. 123 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Eulima Risso, 1826. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137970 on 2026-06-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eulima Risso, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137970 on 2026-06-25
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-11-05 19:28:24Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-05-28 14:13:40Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): vol. 4 p. 123 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cuspeulima Laseron, 1955) Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38912988 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl., 13: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/49.supplement_13.1
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2025.412.01
page(s): 51-52, text-fig. 30; note: as Eulima sp. indet. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Govoni, D. L. (1983). Gastropod Molluscs from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. Unpublished MS Thesis, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 238 pp. + 15 pls.
page(s): 149-151, pl. 9, fig. 1; note: as Eulima sp. Form A [details] Available for editors  PDF available

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1718. <i>Balea</i> Gray, 1824 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 50 (2): 155-156., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12249580
page(s): 155 [details] 
 
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