''Eulimostraca encalada'' 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
marine
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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 Eulimidae.
[Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006. Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Magaña J. 2006. Nuevas especies de la familia Eulimidae Philippi, 1853 (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) con caracteres singulares, recolectadas en Costa Rica, Cuba y Bahamas. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 17(4): 137-141. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419840 on 2013-02-13.][Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
*
Gulf of Mexico
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
Gastropods described in 2006
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