''Bulimeulima'' is a
genus of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Eulimidae.
[Bouchet & Warén, 1986. Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae, Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 2: 297-576. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137959 on 2013-02-21.][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. 180-213 (look up in IMIS)]
Species
There are only two known species to exist within this genus of gastropods, these include the following:
* ''
Bulimeulima incolorata
''Bulimeulima incolorata'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus '' Bulimeulima''; the other congener is '' Bulimeulima magna ...
''
(Thiele, 1912)
* † ''
Bulimeulima lentocontracta''
(Laws, 1941)
* ''
Bulimeulima magna
''Bulimeulima magna'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus '' Bulimeulima''; the other congener is ''Bulimeulima incolor ...
''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* † ''
Bulimeulima rhopaloides''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
References
* 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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
External links
To World Register of Marine SpeciesBouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576.
Eulimidae
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