Genus Eulima Risso, 1826

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eulima Risso, A. 1826. Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G.Levrault Vol. 4 iv, 439 pp., 12 pls. [Date published November 1826] [123] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 1718, 1993, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 50(2): 155. Senior objective synonym of Leiostraca and Subularia].

  Type species:

   Turbo subulatus Donovan, 1804 by subsequent designation (subsequent designation, Herrmannsen, 1847, Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 1: 431; designation of type species pending ICZN decision (Wilson1993)).
• Leiostraca Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [237] [Liostraca [Cossmann, 1921, Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, 12: 197] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Invalid: junior objective synonym of Eulima, with the same type species. See also Subularia].

  Type species:

   Turbo subulatus Donovan, 1804 by subsequent designation (as Unknown glabra Da Costa 1778; Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883, Les Mollusques marins du Roussillon, 1: 192).
• Cuspeulima Laseron, C. 1955. Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. Australian Zoologist 12(2): 83-107, pls 1-3, figs 1-78 [91].

  Type species:

   Leiostraca acutissima Sowerby, 1866 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Warén, A. 1984. A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies (Supplement) 13: 1-96 [Date published 27 February, 1984] [43-45, figs 7, 18J-K, 20A, 78-79]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [284]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	EULIMOIDEA	13-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		30-Jan-2012	MODIFIED