Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Subfamily Turbonillinae > Genus Eulimella

Eulimella acicula (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eulimella*	Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846	accepted genus name
*Anisocycla*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Odostomia (Anisocycla)*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Odostomia (Eulimella)*	Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Eulima subcylindrata*	Dunker, 1862	synonym
*Eulimella acicula var. intersecta*	de Folin, 1873	synonym
*Eulimella aciculata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Eulimella commutata*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Eulimella curtata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Eulimella flagellum*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Eulimella laevis*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Eulimella schlumbergeri continentalis*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Eulimella subcylindrata*	(Dunker, 1862)	synonym
*Melania acicula*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Pyramis laevis*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vlak speldhorentje

English: needle pyramidsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Nadel-Pyramidenschnecke

Literature

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	Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176.
additional source	Peñas, A. & Rolán, E. (1997). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus. suplemento 3: 1-105.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulimella acicula (R. A. Philippi, 1836). 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:140942