Description
The genus appeared early in the Secondary and became abundant in forms during the Tertiary period. The shell is in the form of an elongated, towering spiral, which tapers to a fine point. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture is ovate and entire with the peristome incomplete behind. The outer lip is thick and even. "The imperforate shell is subulate, many-whorled, polished, and porcellanous Its Spire (mollusc), spire is usually curved or twisted to one side, bearing on one side only, a series of varices forming ribs internally and marking the position of successive mouths. The Apex (mollusc), apex is acute. The Aperture (mollusc), aperture is oval, entire, pointed above, rounded below. The Lip (gastropod), lip is simple and a little thickened. The columellar margin is reflected. The Operculum (gastropod), operculum is corneous and pancispiral. Its nucleus is near the inner lip. The animal shows subulate tentacles, approaching at the base. The eyes are large and nearly sessile. The foot is truncated in front. The foot of Eulima secretes a mucous filament which assists to sustain it in the water. The mentum is bilobed. The opercular lobe is winged on each side. The branchial plume is single."Species
Species within the genus ''Eulima'' include: * ''Eulima acerrima'' (Robert Boog Watson, R. B. Watson, 1883) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima acicularis'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861) * ''Eulima aclis'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1851) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima acutissima'' (Sowerby, 1866) * ''Eulima adamsii'' (Sowerby, 1866) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima agulhasensis'' (Johannes Thiele (zoologist), J. Thiele, 1925) * ''Eulima alaskensis'' (Paul Bartsch, P. Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima albanyana'' (William Turton, W. Turton, 1932) * ''Eulima albida'' (Patrick Marshall, P. Marshall, 1902) * ''Eulima almo'' (Paul Bartsch, P. Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima amanda'' (Johannes Thiele (zoologist), J. Thiele, 1925) * ''Eulima amblia'' (Robert Boog Watson, R. B. Watson, 1883) * ''Eulima angulosa'' (Félix Pierre Jousseaume, F. P. Jousseaume in Fisher-Piette & Nicklès, 1946) * ''Eulima angustior'' (Monterosato fide Paetel, 1887) * ''Eulima anonyma'', Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima arcuata'', Gérard Paul Deshayes, Deshayes, 1850 * ''Eulima atypha'' Verrill & Katharine Jeannette Bush, Bush, 1900 * ''Eulima augustoi'' Nobre, 1937 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima australasica'' Melvill & Standen, 1899 * ''Eulima badia'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1897 * ''Eulima balteata'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima barthelowi'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima bifascialis'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima bifasciata'' d'Orbigny, 1841 * ''Eulima bilineata'' Joshua Alder, Alder, 1848 * ''Eulima bipartita'' Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch, Mörch, 1860 * ''Eulima bivittata'' (H. Adams & Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1853) * ''Eulima bizona'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima breviuscula'' Wilhelm Dunker, Dunker, 1875 * ''Eulima broadbentae'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) * ''Eulima campyla'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima capillastericola'' Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1909 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima carolii'' Dall, 1889 (nomen dubium) * ''Eulima chascanon'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima chaunax'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima chionea'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima chyta'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima cinctella'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima columnaria'' May, 1916 * ''Eulima communis'' Verkrüzen fide Paetel, 1887 - (nomen nudum) * ''Eulima compacta'' Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Carpenter, 1864 * ''Eulima compsa'' Verrill & Katharine Jeannette Bush, Bush, 1900 * ''Eulima confusa'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima crassiuscula'' Wilhelm Dunker, Dunker fide Paetel, 1887 (temporary name) * ''Eulima crossei'' (Spiridon Brusina, Brusina, 1886) (species inquirenda) * ''Eulima cylindrata'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima cylindrica'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * † ''Eulima danae'' Tenison Woods, 1879 * ''Eulima definita'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima dentaliopsis'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima dentiens'' Wilhelm Dunker, Dunker, 1871 * ''Eulima devistoma'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima diaphana'' Charles Hedley, Hedley, 1899 * ''Eulima distincta'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1904 * ''Eulima dubia'' Hermann Eduard Anton, Anton, 1838 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima dysnoeta'' Philippe Dautzenberg, Dautzenberg & Foscher, 1896 * ''Eulima eburnea'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima elata'' Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima elodia'' Léopold de Folin, de Folin, 1867 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima encopicola'' Warén & Templado, 1994 * ''Eulima ephamilla'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima eurychada'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima excellens'' Verkrüzen fide Paetel, 1887 * ''Eulima fischeri'' Philippe Dautzenberg, Dautzenberg, 1912 (species inquirenda) * ''Eulima flexuosa'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1851 * ''Eulima fricata'' Charles Hedley, Hedley, 1907 * ''Eulima fulvocincta'' C. B. Adams, 1850 * ''Eulima fuscescens'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1890 * ''Eulima fuscostrigata'' Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Carpenter, 1864 * ''Eulima fuscozonata'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima gentilomiana'' Arturo Issel, Issel, 1869 (species inquirenda) * ''Eulima germana'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1890 * ''Eulima gibba'' Léopold de Folin, de Folin, 1867 * ''Eulima glabra'' (Emanuel Mendes da Costa, da Costa, 1778) * ''Eulima gomphus'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima gracilenta'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima grimaldii'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * † ''Eulima hampdenensis'' Laws, 1935 * ''Eulima hastata'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima healeyi'' (Strong & Hertlein, 1939) * ''Eulima hians'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima hyalina'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima inca'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1926) * ''Eulima incerta'' Hermann Eduard Anton, Anton, 1838 * ''Eulima incolor'' Warén, A. & Ph. Bouchet, 1986 * † ''Eulima incondita'' Marwick, 1931 * ''Eulima inconspicua'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1891 (species inquirenda) * ''Eulima indeflexa'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima iota'' C. B. Adams, 1852 * ''Eulima jaculum'' (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) * ''Eulima koeneni'' Spiridon Brusina, Brusina, 1893 * ''Eulima labiosa'' George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1834 * ''Eulima lacca'' Kuroda & Habe, 1971 * ''Eulima lactea'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1854 * ''Eulima langleyi'' George Brettingham Sowerby III, Sowerby, 1892 * ''Eulima lapazana'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima latipes'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima leachi'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861) * ''Eulima legrandi'' Beddome, 1883 * ''Eulima leptostoma'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1910 * ''Eulima leptozona'' Philippe Dautzenberg, Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896 * ''Eulima lodderae'' (Tate MS, Lodder, 1900) * ''Eulima major'' (George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1834) * ''Eulima malayana'' Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima manzoniana'' Arturo Issel, Issel, 1869 * ''Eulima minuscula'' William Turton, Turton, 1932 * ''Eulima mioacutissima'' (Sacco, 1892) * ''Eulima modicella'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1851 * ''Eulima montagueana'' Iredale, 1914 * ''Eulima mulata'' Rios & Absalao, 1990 * ''Eulima newtoni'' Spiridon Brusina, Brusina, 1893 * ''Eulima nitidula'' Gérard Paul Deshayes, Deshayes, 1850 (taxon inquirendum) * † ''Eulima obliqua'' (Hutton, 1885) * ''Eulima oblonga'' Oskar Boettger, Boettger, 1893 * ''Eulima obtusa'' Léopold de Folin, de Folin, 1870 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima pachychila'' Oskar Boettger, Boettger, 1893 * ''Eulima padangensis'' (Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925) * ''Eulima panamensis'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima parva'' Sowerby, 1866 * ''Eulima patula'' William Healey Dall, Dall & Charles Torrey Simpson, Simpson, 1901 * ''Eulima peracuta'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima perspicua'' (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915) * ''Eulima petterdi'' Beddome, 1883 * ''Eulima philippiana'' Wilhelm Dunker, Dunker, 1860 * ''Eulima philippii'' Weinkauff, 1868 * ''Eulima picturata'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima politissima'' Newton, 1895 * ''Eulima psila'' Robert Boog Watson, Watson, 1883 * ''Eulima pusilla'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima pyramidalis'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1851 * ''Eulima raymondi'' Rivers, 1904 * ''Eulima reclinata'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima recta'' C. B. Adams, 1852 * ''Eulima recurva'' Oskar Boettger, Boettger, 1893 * ''Eulima riss'' Cantraine, 1835 * ''Eulima salsa'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1926) * ''Eulima sarsi'' Katharine Jeannette Bush, Bush, 1909 * ''Eulima scitula'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima semitorta'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima similis'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima simplex'' George Brettingham Sowerby III, Sowerby, 1897 * ''Eulima strongylostoma'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * ''Eulima stylata'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima subconica'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1890 * ''Eulima subula'' Alcide d'Orbigny, d'Orbigny, 1852 * ''Eulima sumatrensis'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima taeniata'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1864) * ''Eulima tantilla'' (A. Adams, 1861) * † ''Eulima taurinensis'' (Sacco, 1892) * ''Eulima tenisoni'' George Washington Tryon, Tryon, 1886 * ''Eulima tornata'' (Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925) * ''Eulima townsendi'' (Paul Bartsch, Bartsch, 1917) * ''Eulima translucida'' Edgar Albert Smith, E. A. Smith, 1901 * † ''Eulima treadwelli'' Hutton, 1893 * ''Eulima triggi'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 * ''Eulima tristis'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele, 1925 * ''Eulima tsushimensis'' Takano, Kimura & Kano, 2020 * ''Eulima tulearensis'' Lamy, 1910 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Eulima turgidula'' (Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861) * ''Eulima undulosa'' Léopold de Folin, de Folin, 1893 (nomen dubium) * ''Eulima unilineata'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850) * ''Eulima valida'' Arthur Adams (zoologist), A. Adams, 1861 * ''Eulima varians'' George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1834 * ''Eulima venusta'' William Harper Pease, Pease, 1868 * ''Eulima victoriae'' Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914References
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