• 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

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

• Eulima acerrima Watson, R.B. 1883. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part XVII. Fam. Pyramidellidae, Gray. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 112-130 [118].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima acerrima (Watson, 1883).

Introduction

Taxon inquirendum.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 4]

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [483]

History of changes

• Leiostraca acutissima Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the genus Leiostraca. Reeve's manuscript. pls 1-3 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 2, fig. 10].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.
• Leiostraca lesbia Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [16, pl. 1, fig. 14].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima acutissima (Sowerby, 1866). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [284]
• Cuspeulima acutissima (Sowerby, 1866). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [53]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [372]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [53]

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

History of changes

• Eulima australasiaca Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [173, pl. 10, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Flinders Passage, Torres Strait.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

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

History of changes

• Eulima bilineata Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1850. Mollusca. pp. 45-87 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve Vol. 3. [52, pl. 11, fig. 24] [junior homonym; of Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848].
• Leiostraca bivittata 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. [238].

Generic Combinations

• Cuspeulima bivittata (Adams, H. & A., 1853). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [372]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [372]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [389]

Schepman, M.M. 1909. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3 Gymnoglossa. pp.234-245 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga-Expedite. Leiden : Brill Vol. 48. [236]

History of changes

• Eulima campyla Watson, R.B. 1883. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part XVII. Fam. Pyramidellidae, Gray. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 112-130 [122].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima campyla (Watson, 1883).

Introduction

Taxon inquirendum.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 4]

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [483]

History of changes

• Eulima latipes Watson, R.B. 1883. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part XVII. Fam. Pyramidellidae, Gray. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 112-130 [120].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima latipes (Watson, 1883).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 5]

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [483]

History of changes

• Eulima legrandi Beddome, C.E. 1883. Description of some new marine shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 167-170 [Date published 1883] [168].

Generic Combinations

• Melanella legrandi (Beddome, 1883). —
  Grove, S. 2011. Eulimidae: Melanella legrandi (Beddome, 1882). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Melanella%20legrandi.html (date accessed 12/3/2012)
• Eulima legrandi (Beddome, 1883).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 5]

Grove, S. 2011. Eulimidae: Melanella legrandi (Beddome, 1882). A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania web-site. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Melanella%20legrandi.html (date accessed 12/3/2012)

History of changes

• Leiostraca lodderae Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37 [Date published 8 October 1903] [360, fig. 82] [new name for Eulima vitrea Petterd, 1884 (not E. vitrea A. Adams, 1864)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, North Tasmania.

Generic Combinations

• Cuspeulima lodderae (Hedley, 1903). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [372]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [372]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [53]

History of changes

• Eulima modicella Adams, A. 1854. Description of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc., from the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 276-279 [276].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima modicella (Adams, 1853).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 5]

Brazier, J. 1877. Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 283-301 [284]

History of changes

• Eulima montagueana Iredale, T. 1914. Report on Mollusca collected at the Monte Bello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 665–675, 3 text figs [672-3, text fig. 1A,B].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima montagueana (Iredale, 1914).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130 [124-5]

History of changes

• Eulima petterdi Beddome, C.E. 1883. Description of some new marine shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 167-170 [Date published 1883] [168].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Warén, A. 2011. Checklist of Eulimidae. World Register of Marine Species: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150217. [personal com]

Generic Combinations

• Curveulima petterdi (Beddome, 1883). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Bastien, T. 2011. Eulima petterdi Beddome, 1883. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565901 (Accessed on 2015-05-05)

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [283]

History of changes

• Eulima tenisoni Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1 8: 1-461, 79 pls [269, pl. 68, fig. 16].

Generic Combinations

• Euliamaustra tenisoni (Tryon, 1886). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]
• Eulima tenisoni (Tryon, 1886).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]

History of changes

• Melanella triggi Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44 [36, pl. 1, fig. 15].

Generic Combinations

• Curveulima triggi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]
• Eulima triggi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932). —
  Warén, A. 2011. Checklist of Eulimidae. World Register of Marine Species: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150217. [personal com]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

General References

Bastien, T. 2011. Eulima triggi Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565968 (Accessed on 2015-05-05)

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [373]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [283]

History of changes

• Eulima victoriae Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1914. On some new species of Victorian marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 27(1): 94-98, pls 14-16 [94, pl. 14, fig. 1].

Generic Combinations

• Eulima victoriae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Eulimidae 5]

History of changes