Eulimella gofasi

Eulimella gofasi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Eulimella gofasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Eulimella
Species:
E. gofasi
Binomial name
Eulimella gofasi
(Schander, 1994)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bacteridiella gofasi Schander, 1994 (basionym)
  • Eulimella monolirata Peñas & Rolán, 1997 (not Eulimella monolirata de Folin, 1874)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm. Each whorl contains four of five incisions.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Mauritania, Guinea) at depths between 20 m and 152 m [3]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Eulimella gofasi (Schander, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577036 on 2011-10-26
  2. Peñas 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]
  3. 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)
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