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Echineulima leucophaes

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Species of gastropod

Echineulima leucophaes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Echineulima
Species: E. leucophaes
Binomial name
Echineulima leucophaes
Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
Synonyms
  • Mucronalia leucophaes Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913

Echineulima leucophaes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.

Description

The shell is rather large compared to other species within the family Eulimidae, with the average specimen measuring approximately 10 mm in length.

References

  1. Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180957 on 2013-01-14.

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Taxon identifiers
Echineulima leucophaes


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