Eulima bifasciata
| Eulima bifasciata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Eulima |
| Species: | E. bifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulima bifasciata d'Orbigny, 1841 | |
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Eulima bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Eulima.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
- Caribbean Sea
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Gulf of Mexico
- Lesser Antilles
- Mexico
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 10.6 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 84 m.[2]
This species is known from seamounts and knolls.
Eulimid snails parasitize the external or internal parts of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars, and other echinoderms, sucking small amounts of their body fluids for a living.
Their slick, glossy shells make it easy for them to live embedded in the bodies of those echinoderms.
References
- ^ d'Orbigny, 1841. 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. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419836 on 2013-01-26.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.