Eulitoma arcus

Eulitoma arcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Eulitoma
Species:	E. arcus
Binomial name
Eulitoma arcus Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Eulitoma arcus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.^[1][2][3]

Description

The length of the shell ranges typically from 4 mm to 7 mm in size. Shells belonging to this species have been obtained at depths of about 750 m below sea level.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

• European waters (ERMS scope)
• United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

References

1. Bouchet & Warén, 1986. BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183147 on 2013-02-14.
2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS)
3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species