Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Eulimidae

Eulima Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leiostraca*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym; nom. inval.
*Strombiformis*	da Costa, 1778	synonym; nom. inval.
*Subularia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Children

Eulima anonyma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
Eulima bivittata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1853)
Eulima chionea Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima confusa Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima crassula Jeffreys, 1839
Eulima crossei Brusina, 1886
Eulima devistoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima dysnoeta Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Eulima fuscozonata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
Eulima grimaldii Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima incolor Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Eulima inconspicua R. B. Watson, 1897
Eulima leptozona Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Eulima politospina L. Hoffman & Freiwald, 2020
Eulima strongylostoma Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Leiostraca pyramidalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96.
subsequent type designation	ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1718. Balea Gray, 1824 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 50 (2): 155-156.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulima Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137970