Eulimella scillae

Eulimella scillae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1][2][3][4]

Eulimella scillae
Drawing of a shell of Eulimella scillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Eulimella
Species:	E. scillae
Binomial name
Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
Eulimella macandrei (Forbes, 1844) Melania scillae Scacchi, 1835 Odostomia nisoides Brugnone, 1873 Odostomia scillae (Scacchi, 1835)

Description

The white shell is rather solid and polished. Its length measures 9 mm. The teleoconch contains 11 to 12 flatly convex whorls. The last whorls are subangulated on the periphery.^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1] at depths between 99 m and 200 m^[6]

• Azores
• Canary Islands
• Cape Verdes
• European waters (ERMS scope)
• Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
• Madeira
• North Europe
• Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
• Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
• United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
• Mauritania