Eulimella fontanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
The epithet "fontanae" refers to Mrs M.A. Fontana Angioy, editor of the journal La Conchiglia.[3]
This species is similar to Eulimella cerullii (Cossmann, 1916). The size of the slender, conical shell varies between 3.5 mm and 4.3 mm. The teleoconch contains six to seven rather flat whorls with a deep suture between them. The growth lines, shaped like an inverted S, are at about right angles to the growth direction. The aperture is oval. The shell lacks an umbilicus and has a noticeable fold on the columella.[3]
The species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores at depths between 400 m and 620 m.[3]
Eulimella fontanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
The epithet "fontanae" refers to Mrs M.A. Fontana Angioy, editor of the journal La Conchiglia.
Eulimella fontanae is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Pyramidellidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 2000 door van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud.
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