WoRMS name details
Eulima gracillima G. B. Sowerby II, 1865
566541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566541)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865-1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [publication dates: pls 2-4, Dec 1865; pls 1, 5-6, Mar 1866]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972819
page(s): pl. 4, species 32 [details]
page(s): pl. 4, species 32 [details]
Type locality contained in Guatemalan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Guatemalan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulima gracillima G. B. Sowerby II, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566541 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1865-1866). Monograph of the genus <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pls. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [publication dates: pls 2-4, Dec 1865; pls 1, 5-6, Mar 1866]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972819
page(s): pl. 4, species 32 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): pl. 4, species 32 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Skoglund C. (1992). Additions to the Panamic Province Gastropod (Mollusca) literature 1971 to 1992. <em>The Festivus.</em> 24 (supplement): i-viii, 1-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224042
page(s): 64; note: treated as valid species of Melanella [details]
additional source González-Vallejo, N.E. (2018). Revisión y aspectos ecológicos de la familia Eulimidae Philippi 1853 (Gasterópoda) de las Costas del Pacífico Oriental Tropical y Atlántico Mexicano. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. vii + 236 pp. , available online at http://eprints.uanl.mx/16688/1/1080290320.pdf
page(s): 72; note: treated as a synonym of Melanella bipartita Mörch, 1853 [details]
page(s): 64; note: treated as valid species of Melanella [details]
additional source González-Vallejo, N.E. (2018). Revisión y aspectos ecológicos de la familia Eulimidae Philippi 1853 (Gasterópoda) de las Costas del Pacífico Oriental Tropical y Atlántico Mexicano. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. vii + 236 pp. , available online at http://eprints.uanl.mx/16688/1/1080290320.pdf
page(s): 72; note: treated as a synonym of Melanella bipartita Mörch, 1853 [details]




