Eulima muelleriae Sturany, 1903

Albano, Paolo G., Bakker, Piet A. J., Janssen, Ronald & Eschner, Anita, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany's type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea gastropods, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (1), pp. 45-94 : 52

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.10039

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scientific name

Eulima muelleriae Sturany, 1903
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Eulima muelleriae Sturany, 1903 Figure 5 View Figure 5

Eulima muelleriae Sturany, 1903: 258, plate VI, figure 10.

Type locality.

Locality 31, "Jidda (Djeddah)" [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] 22°- 20°N.

Type material.

Holotype: NHMW 37809, height 3.1 mm.

Original description.

Von der Localität 31.

Die neue Art gründet sich auf ein einziges in Mülleria mauritiana Q. & G. gefundenes Exemplar (Dr. v. Marenzeller hat die Schale bei der Bestimmung jener Holothurie entdeckt). Sie ist nahe verwandt mit Eulima modicella A. Ad. von Japan und den Philippinen, von ihr jedoch in einigen Punkten verschieden. Das Gehäuse ist stark nach rechts geneigt (mithin links concav, rechts oben convex gebaut) und besteht aus etwa 11 allmählich anwachsenden Umgängen; die Höhe der Schale beträgt 3,4, die Breite 1,2, die Höhe der Mündung circa 1 mm.

Translation.

From locality 31.

The new species is based on a single specimen found on Mülleria mauritiana Quoy & Gaimard [ Echinodermata, Holothuriidae ] (the shell was discovered by Dr. von Marenzeller when identifying this holothurian). It is closely related to Eulima modicella A. Adams from Japan and the Philippines, but differs in some respects. The shell is strongly bent to the right (therefore concave on left side, convex on top right side [it looks like a mistake because the opposite is true]) and consists of about 11 gradually increasing whorls; the height of the shell is 3.4, the width of 1.2, the height of the aperture about 1 mm.

Comments.

Warén (1984) placed this species in Melanella and provided photos of living specimens and of sections of the snail in situ on the host.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Eulimidae

Genus

Eulima

Loc

Eulima muelleriae Sturany, 1903

Albano, Paolo G., Bakker, Piet A. J., Janssen, Ronald & Eschner, Anita 2017
2017
Loc

Eulima muelleriae

Sturany 1903
1903