''Eulimella variabilis'' is a
species of
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 ...
, a
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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 ...
mollusk in the
family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Eulimella variabilis'' de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577058 on 2011-10-26][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. June 1997/ref>][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)](_blank)
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. This is a very variable species.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania at depths between 0 m and 62 m.
References
* Dautzenberg P. (1912 1913" ''Mission Gruvel sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910).'' Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco 5(3): 1-111, pls 1-3. ecember 1912
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
variabilis
Gastropods described in 1870
Invertebrates of West Africa
Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
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